{This post contains affiliate links at no additional cost to you.} Do you want bugs to stop loving your children? I do! Specially to my youngest daughter, who has eczema. -So bugs, go away!- Since most bug repellants have chemicals that flare eczema, I created my own concoction. I used my chillax science knowledge toContinue reading “How to Create the Perfect Bug Repellent”
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Storytelling in Science
Have you used storytelling in science? It is an underused technique! We often think of storytelling as an instructional technique in language arts and sadly not one for science. But, it gets children hooked into a topic and can provide a historical context in science. Atoms are invisible and an abstract concept to children. SoContinue reading “Storytelling in Science”
Chemistry Lesson
My fifth grade students were ready to dig deeper in their study of rocks and minerals. So, we started following the “traditional” route of doing simple tests to identify the minerals present in the rocks they found in the playground. However, as we were doing these tests, I realized that I could take an alternativeContinue reading “Chemistry Lesson”