Update: Want to know more with lesson plans and ideas? Check out this post from April, 16, 2015. My colleagues and I have been planning a fun way to wrap up the school year. We are fortunate in that our fourth quarter calendar has us teaching astronomy/space. We have our state testing the last week… Continue reading Space Camp Activities in 6th Grade Science Classes
Category: Labs
Mixing up the Rock Cycle
I decided that I wanted to do something different with the rock cycle this year. I had changed it up last year to make the students think more about the processes that form rocks. Here’s the lab from last year. It worked well, but I wanted to do even more. So, I decided that this… Continue reading Mixing up the Rock Cycle
Cotton Ball Clouds
We are continuing our study of meteorology, and my student teacher did an activity with our students that I picked up at an NSTA area conference a couple of years ago. I think it’s a great way to help students visualize how much water a cloud really can hold. Of course, clouds aren’t really made… Continue reading Cotton Ball Clouds
Cloud in a Bottle
I do not know why I have never done this activity before to help my students see the ingredients necessary for cloud formation. I was reminded about it at a staff development on Monday. We were able to incorporate it today. Pretty cool!