With Christmas right around the corner, my students are getting excited for the holidays – I am too! For my science class today, I decided to keep with the Christmas theme and did a holiday science experiment. Students became surgeons/doctors/scientists for this activity. I later did the activity at home with my own kids and...
Category: STEM (Science)
Science for Kids – Liquids and Solids
I tried this experiment in the past when I taught science for kids in grade 2, but it was just as much fun for my kindergarten kids today. It is a great hands-on experiment for kids to learn about liquids and solids. It helps young kids gain an understanding that not all liquids are the...
Simple Science Experiments – Colour Changing Flower
I really enjoy doing simple science experiments with kids. They learn so much from the experiments and it gets them excited about science. Some students recently asked how water gets into a tree. They knew that leaves don’t ‘drink’ the rain, but wondered how the water got into the leaves and tree. I decided to...
10 STEM Challenges for the Classroom
My students often ask me when we are going to do our next (STEM) challenge. They love building and being challenged to create something. I am always impressed by how hard they work, and how determined they are to succeed. These are my top 10 STEM challenges that I have done with over 100 young...
Math Activities for Preschool and Primary – Shapes
This activity was such a fun, hands-on way to teach math. Students have been learning about shapes in kindergarten. (We did a shape hunt, a math talk and even some shape art.) Today we used popsicle sticks and worked together as a big group to create shapes. I handed out 10 popsicle sticks to every...
Science Experiments for kids – Friction
Today, I taught 3-6 year olds about friction! I love taking fundamental science topics and teaching them to young kids in a way that they can understand and learn from. To me, kindergarten is all about kids being introduced to as many things and ideas as possible. I find that science experiments for kids,...