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"Reason, Observation and Experience: The Holy Trinity of Science."
I have observed other teachers stressing over science or just skipping it altogether. However, I have enough experience to know that sometimes the only thing you have time for is to photocopy the worksheets. So, the only reasonable thing I can do is to help you. Now, would it be help if I charged you? No. That's not help. I want to help you so this is all free. Kids deserve science they touch, feel, manipulate, observe, smell, engineer. This is that.
(And if you teach more than just science, go to amaraleebrenner.com for the rest of the subjects!)
Now, before you get started, know that I am a teacher in a self-contained classroom. That means most of my science stuff is integrated into language arts. I do have a designated science block, at the end of the day, is only about 30 minutes. During those 30 minutes we do experiments and observations and hands-on stuff. So you will notice, that when I say "Day one." I'm literally talking about a 30 minute window of time... So if you have a departmentalized science situation, just call it "Part One."
Science Resources
Science Resources
Experiments to do in class is provided by Tulare County Office Education is a great site for quick easy science experiments... They call them "Snacks": It is not a whole meal but a good start.
Generation Genius cool, kid-friendly science resources... able to be used for free!
Bingo!... with Natural Resources!
DK FIND OUT is very kid-friendly and teacher-friendly and is easy to navigate to find just the science stuff you are looking for!
Ask a Biologist Sponsored by Arizona State University, there are tons of great resources. This one is my favorite because I can cast it to the class!
Mystery Science... Ask Doug You eventually have to pay, but generally this guy is worth it. It's pretty good to kill 15 or 30 minutes in a class, once a week and get their scientific brains flowing.
Scientists: Top 100 & Ducksters & Famous Scientists Yup, click here and get a full list of some great scientists for your class to research and learn about. There are some distracting ads on both websites, but overall, it helps you, as a teacher get the ball rolling so kids can leave your class knowing the name of an African-American scientist born in this century! I mean I love me some George Washington Carver but in this day and age, kids should know the name of Rosalind Franklin, Johannes Gutenberg and Benjamin Banneker just as much.
Astronomy for Educators This is a great link for any educator who wants some hands-on activities, like building a sun dial, or understanding the phases of the moon. This is a 313- page document but there are some GREAT activities in here.
Science Bank Lots of science resources!
Next Gen Story Lines There is a middle school and elementary school edition and it is the place where I get a lot of ideas, inspirations and full units. Worth checking out... you know, in your "free time."
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