Element Research Portfolio Printable

Do you have students interested in the periodic table of the elements? Need a simple way to guide child-led research? So did I, so I spent the last week creating an easy to use research guide for my kids! I am super proud of it. There’s even a cover page to print and decorate so…

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Making a Model (scale) Solar System

Do you know how big our sun is compared to our home planet? Can you visualize that? After our model solar system activity, we got a good idea for the sizes of the planets. Originally I’d really hoped to take the kids on an adventure around town showing the scale and distance apart, but even…

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October Science Shelves

Here’s a quick peek at our science shelves for October. We’re still covering the first Great Lesson, and this is largely a space unit: Solar system, cosmic address, stars and constellations, phases of the moon and the seasons.

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