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CC Cycle 3 Week 1 Lesson for Abecedarian Tutors
Sep 4, 2023 Classical Conversations CC Cycle 3 Week 1 Lesson for Abecedarians – CC C3W1 This is the plan I used for a Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 1 abecedarian class. I have included all the subjects including new grammar, art, presentations, science, and review game. I also added my weekly parent email.…
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Florida for Teachers and Travelers
Jun 26, 2023 Coconut Palms on the beach in the Florida Keys Looking for great video clips, children’s books, points of interest, and free worksheets and lapbooks for teaching and/or learning about Florida? These are the resources we found to be most helpful when studying Florida as part of a larger unit study on…
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Air Pressure and Aeronautics Hands-on STEM Lesson Plan
Apr 19, 2023 Air Pressure and Aeronautics Hands-on STEM Lesson Plan This is part 3 of a 5 part hands-on unit study on Floating & Flying. Discover the properties and power of air as you watch as air pressure blows up a balloon, sucks an egg into a bottle, collapses a can, holds water…
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Floating Ships and Boats Hands-on STEM Lesson Plan
Apr 16, 2023 Floating Ships and Boats Hands-on STEM Lesson Plan This is part 2 of a 5 part hands-on unit study on Floating & Flying (Fluid Mechanics). This week’s focus is ships and boats. Create working models of sailboats, submarines, and hovercrafts, test out jet power, examine the impact of density of liquids…
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Buoyancy and Floating Hands-on STEM Lesson Plan
Mar 31, 2023 Testing out aluminum foil barges to see which design can hold the most cargo (pennies) This is part 1 of a 5 part hands-on unit study on Floating & Flying (Fluid Mechanics). This week’s focus is buoyancy (floating). Build an aluminium foil barge that can hold the most pennies, experiment with…
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Sun, Seasons, and Weather STEAM Lesson Plan for Elementary
Jan 13, 2023 This is part 1 of a 4 part hands-on unit study on Weather. Conduct experiments and demonstrations on how the sun, soil, and water affect the seasons and weather, dramatize the Earth’s revolutions around the sun, and more! My lessons are geared toward 2nd-3rd grade level children and their siblings. These…
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Hands-on Wind and Air Pressure STEM Lesson Plan for Elementary Science
Jan 13, 2023 Wind & Air Pressure Lesson This is part 2 of a 4 part hands-on unit study on Meteorology and Weather. Make weather vanes and barometers, act out high and low pressure, blow up a balloon and collapse a can using hot water, make and eat prevailing winds, and more! My lessons…
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Weather Unit Presentations and Field Trips
Jan 13, 2023 Raindrop cupcakes, storm cloud cookies (Cool Whip on Oreo cookies), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs spaghetti, cloud popcorn, blue jello and cool whip clouds, and more Raindrop cupcakes made by poking baked cupcakes with a toothpick and drizzling with liquid blue jello (that hasn’t solidified yet) and topped with Cool…
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To Mount Everest and Beyond A Lesson on Mountains & Mountain Climbing for Children
Dec 15, 2022 Hand-on Lesson on Mountains and Mountain Climbing for Children This is part 2 of a 3 part hands-on unit on Global Expeditions. This lesson is on Mountain Climbing. Sketch Mount Everest, compete in a “Base Camp” relay race, use a ladder to cross a “crevasse,” and more! My lessons are geared…
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Erosion Hands-on STEM Lesson Plan for Kids
Dec 1, 2022 Erosion Lesson Plan This is part 6 of a 6 part hands-on unit study on Earth Science. Demonstrate various types of erosion as children carve gullies and valleys in sand using air, water, and ice. Re-create the Grand Canyon. Compare how soil resists erosion. My lessons are geared toward 2nd-3rd grade…