A Science Activity for Teaching Students About Air Pressure and Wind
Differences in air pressure produce winds. In this activity, students will make observations about air pressure and its effect on wind directions.
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Review of Raz Kids Online Reading Program: Thumbs Up for Raz-Kids
Raz-Kids online interactive library provides a fun and interesting way to motivate and improve reading literacy in the K-6 grade classroom.
Continue ReadingUsing Context in Elementary Math to Help Students Subtract Whole Numbers
Children can more easily solve subtraction problems if they imagine a context for the problems in question. Helping students understand math beyond an …
Continue ReadingTeaching Root Words With Accompaying Root Word Activities
Reinforce original lessons on root words by providing interactive activities for student practice. Presenting students with different ways to review …
Continue ReadingUse Service Learning Projects For Math Lesson Plans and Objectives
Service learning projects are important to teach students about volunteering and giving of themselves to others. But you can also incorporate some of …
Continue ReadingAmazing Grace: A Book That Helps Teach Students About Character
This wonderful picture book tells a story about Grace, an amazing young girl who uses her imagination and is not afraid to go against the grain.
Continue ReadingGrade School Science Lesson: Can You See Air Pressure?
During this science activity, students will be able to observe changes in air pressure. They will learn about the effects of temperature, weather …
Continue ReadingTomatosphere: A Simple Science Experiment Aiding Space Exploration
This article will be about Tomatoesphere,where kids can perform a simple science experiment to assist astronauts in the Canadian Space Agency with …
Continue ReadingLearning about Rural Areas with Lesson Plans About the Farm and Chef Edna Lewis
For a different reading activity, try this farm lesson plan that incorporates the book, Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie by Robbin …
Continue ReadingTeaching Ideas for Homonyms- Activities, Book Ideas and a Brief List of Homonyms to Start
Homophones easily confuse students yet provide a wide range of fun and interesting methods of teaching.
Continue ReadingIntroductory Playwriting Lesson Plan for Young Students Exploring Sibling Relations and Diversity
This lesson plan introduces very young students to the unique format for playwriting while encouraging meditation on the relationship between …
Continue ReadingTeaching Students to Use Addition to Solve Subtraction Problems in Elementary Math
This article reviews a subtraction strategy that provides children with an understanding of basic approaches to calculating subtraction problems by …
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