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Ep. 61: Illumination and Weather: 1st and 4th Grade NGSS Activities
Illumination and Weather: 1st and 4th Grade NGSS Activities [Ep. 61]

Weather illumination activities Teaching children about light reflection and its role in illumination can be quite an abstract and challenging topic. However, weather is a way to make this concept more concrete. Thankfully, March and November are months with variable weather and wonderful opportunities to capitalize on nature’s natural variation with your 1st and 4th […]

Ep. 58: Winter Animals and Water: 2nd and 5th Grade NGSS Activities
Winter Animals and Water: 2nd and 5th Grade NGSS Activities [Ep. 58]

Winter animals and water activities Liquid water is essential for animals to survive winter but it’s hard to come by. If you live in a region with freezing temperatures, water is frozen as snow or ice (or is trapped underneath ice), making liquid water a hot commodity. Let’s take advantage of this natural phenomenon to […]

10 Best Nature Apps to Use in the Elementary Classroom [Ep. 10]
10 Best Nature Apps to Use in the Elementary Classroom [Ep. 10]

Best nature apps We’ve made it to the 10th episode of this podcast! Statistics show that more than 80% of podcasts don’t make it to this point, so to celebrate, I’ve put together a list of the 10 best nature apps that I use for teaching elementary students. 🥳 All of these apps have free […]

10 Science Activities for Elementary Students That Aren't Experiments [Episode 1]
10 Science Activities for Elementary Students That Aren’t Experiments [Ep. 1]

Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.com. This is at no extra cost to you. If you’d like to learn more, check out my disclaimers page. Science activities for elementary students Science activities for elementary students are often thought to be limited to experiments. As children that grew up […]

Teaching with Books: Thinking Outside the Box with Steve Frisbee [Episode 3]
Teaching with Books: Thinking Outside the Box with Steve Frisbee [Ep. 3]

Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.com. This is at no extra cost to you. If you’d like to learn more, check out my disclaimers page. Teaching with books I am so excited to have the first guest episode be all about teaching with books. This is a passion […]