STEM subjects

Fingerprint Counting Printables for Kids - celebrate Spring with this fun caterpillar and lady math activity!

I have been on a math kick lately. I think it is because my kids are strugglingggg with basic math concepts lately and it’s killin’ me! We have been learning addition strategies and practicing addition within 20 for two weeks now and my class has just started to pick up their momentum. They are […]

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A simple homemade apple tree addition game for kids.

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I love these Easter egg rockets! What an awesome science experiment for kids. Perfect science activity for spring or Easter.

Marshmallow Fractions from Mrs. Bainbridge's Shop on TeachersNotebook.com (1 page)

My class is a noisy one, not all of the time of course, but most of the time. I have very chatty students who love to socialise, and I am endeavouring to use this to my advantage. Learning is often a social pursuit, and as my students told me on Thursday, "Math is easier and more fun when you are working with a partner. To this end, I have been explicitly teaching how we speak to one another about Math, how we question and comment to promote one anothers' learning. We created a "Math Talk"…

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This is a really cool experiment I saw at a workshop I attended. In this experiment children will place Skittles in water and watch the "S" float to the top! Exploring Colors: Floating S Experiment

Quick and easy kids science activity. Make an orange sink and float! I love that this activity uses just a couple common household ingredients.

I recently had another opportunity to observe a science program in an after school setting, this time at Greenleaf Elementary School in Oakl...

Play dough subtraction smash... A fun, hands-on way to explore subtraction with little ones!

'Do you think you can fit through this index card?' My daughter looked at me like I was crazy as I asked her this question and held up a 3x5 index card. She emphatically answered no, and was very curious when I told her that I could show her how she could very easily fit through an index card. What followed was one our favorite science experiments for kids as we learned how to make an index card chain. With this science experiment, kids will learn about how physical objects change. As a…

Awesome gross science experiments! Make fake snot, find out what poop is made of, explore blood and more! Definitely not for the squeamish!