Category: Science

Mittens keep our hands warm, but are mittens themselves warm? That’s the question Selina Smith of the Classroom Magic blog posed to students to kick

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One summer I accepted a position at a local school to work with kids during their year round intersession program, and I had the pleasure

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Category: Science

Mitten Science: Questions to Explore

Mittens keep our hands warm, but are mittens themselves warm? That’s the question Selina Smith of the Classroom Magic blog posed to students to kick off their mitten investigation.ย Using inquiry science, they discovered thatย  mittens keep our hands warm because they trap our body heat, but mittens alone are not

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Hands-on Water Cycle Fun!

One summer I accepted a position at a local school to work with kids during their year round intersession program, and I had the pleasure of teaching science to 5th graders for 3 days. I had a wonderful time teaching them about the water cycle and weather! Two favorite lessons

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