Photo credit: PBS kids (& Kratt Brothers Company Ltd.) The Kratt Brothers have paired up with PBS kids to provide games for students, like Rhino Bowl, which help them learn about animal adaptations. Below are links to games for several different animals. Photo credit: PBS kids (& Kratt Brothers Company Ltd.) In Aardvark Town, students’ […]
Photocredit: newsela Here are some articles to introduce students to the concepts of fusion, plasma, and magnetic fields. Students can select the reading difficulty level that best suits their abilities. Some articles also have a Spanish option. If not, Google Translate is an add-on that does a good job translating into many other languages. The […]
Photo credit: www.glennlewisphotography.com I made an awesome Kahoot for reviewing the concept of desity. Kahoot is a game show style game. You need one computer to project the questions and possible answers, and you need a cell phone, iPad, Chromebook, or other device to input the answers. This is best played in a classroom setting, […]
Photo Credit: “What Goes Around, Come Around” by Bonnie Monteleone Last year, my 6th and 7th grade students collected a series of articles and videos that focus on New Energy Technologies That Reduce Climate Change. This year, I teach only 6th grade and this year’s students are tackling the problem of plastic. It is floating […]
Photo credit: Dreamworks Animation, LLC School of Dragons have put together some resources to help students understand how to design a scientific experiment. An experiment should have the following parts: A question that the scientist is trying to answer (Asking the Right Question) A hypothesis (Practice Writing Hypotheses) Variables (Identifying Variables, Understanding Variables) Procedures Data […]
This ABC News report describes what is occurring to the habitats of the orangutan, due to increased palm oil usage. This article describes which 20 companies, that provide snack food, are the largest contributors to the problem. Students, check your wrappers to look for palm oil or vegetable oil to see if your snacks are […]
Photo credit: BrainPOP Guts & Bolts is a game that helps students think about how the body systems work. This includes the circulatory, nervous, digestive, respiratory system and others. Save
Photo credit: TestTubeGames The Electric Shocktopus is a game that features an electrically charges octopus, who needs to use its understanding of how charges interact, in order to solve challenges. Save Save
Photo credit: flazm Truck Loader 4 is a game where players must use an electro-magnet to complete loading tasks, quickly. Save
Untamed Science has created a number of short videos to teach students about scientific concepts and to answer many interesting questions that are based in science. Here are some of the music videos that they have made, which tie in well with what is taught in 6th and 7th grade. Photo credit: Untamed Science […]