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How Many Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Books Have You Read. Layers of Learning Unit 1-13. History: Ancient IndiaGeography: GrasslandsScience: Elements (& the Periodic Table)Arts: Texture & Form Learn about how elephants were used in wars in India and play elephant tag. Make a Great Plains weather box diorama and play a grasslands board game to learn about landforms in the prairies. Play games to unlock the mysteries of the the Periodic Table of the Elements and pause to consider Dmitri Mendeleev’s bad hair.

Figure out if silicon based life forms really could exist and decide how you would feel about breathing sand. In each unit you’ll find a recommended library list, important background information about each topic, lots of activities to choose from for kids of all ages, and sidebars with a bunch more ideas including Additional Layers, Fabulous Facts, On The Web, Writer’s Workshop, Famous Folks, and Teaching Tips. <A HREF=" EXPERIMENTS. BrainPOP Educators. Features. Complete Curriculum | Educents. Mobile. This is a worksheet that students will love, as this song is very popular among teenagers. It's not very long, but you can adapt it to your class situation and more activities. Students will be able to both improve their listening skills and grammar skills and also they can sing.

Have fun! National. Free Educational Apps. Middle School. Suzie's Home Education Ideas: Australia History. As a young child I loved listening to stories my grandmothers told me about their lives in "the old days". This art of story telling inspired my love of history from a very young age and it has stayed with me to this day. To me, history isn't about recalling dates and facts but rather more about the story, the people and their lives. So when I was looking at what history we could learn about this year, I wanted to make sure that history came alive for my children, that a story was being retold and a connection was being made. When we first came to the top end of Australia, we drove through a little town called Mataranka, Capital of the Never Never. Little did I know what amazing history that place held or that it would become a place of historical exploration for us.

I went searching for more information on the town and what the meaning of "the Never Never" was all about. I got my hands on Jeannie's book and we read it. 8 Ideas for learning about the Human Body. Over the last few years, my children have been learning about the human body and how it works. Questions such as, "How does the food get into my tummy? " and "Where does vomit come from? " have all lead to discussions about our body and how it works. I want to share with you some of the learning that my children have done about the human body as well as my Montessori inspired printable Human Anatomy cards. Home-made Human Body Puzzle One of the first questions that started our human body learning was "What happens to our food when we swallow it? " We started by cutting out a body shape from cardboard and painting it red.

I have since found FREE printable Human Body Life-Sized Organs that you can download. Human Body Model My son's interest to learn about the human body did not stop there. Initially, our human body model was just played with as we talked about the different parts and used it to answer questions that might arise. Visual Prompts Information Books Human Body Learning Games. Browse Science / Physics. Finance in the Classroom. Home School Science - Sixth Grade (One Student) - SciTT Kits. Kit includes thirteen 6th Grade activities with all materials needed, individually packed for 1 student, lesson plans and worksheets for the “best value” price of $85. All Materials are furnished and separately packaged for each activity. Scientific Method - Physical ScienceLearn the importance of using the scientific method.Discovery Scope (Field Trip Microscopes) - Life/Earth ScienceCooperative Learning Activity - Groups of Two.

Use a 10x existing light microscope to view the world of living and non-living things.Microhabitat - Life ScienceAnalyze the visible spectrum. Investigate the characteristics of waves.Light Waves - Physical/Life Science Investigate the properties of light waves and construct a camera. Identify parts and functions of the eye.Sound Energy - Physical/Life ScienceDiscover the properties of sound waves.

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