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Use Guided Inquiry to Explore Your Schoolyard on Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day with an engaging activity that gets your students
outside and uses the 5E process of engage, explore, explain, extend, and
evaluate. Students observe their schoolyard's plants and animals, record
observations, and then return to the classroom for a guided inquiry.
Uncover the details by exploring the link below.
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Using "Multiple Intelligences" to Introduce Lab Safety
Using the theory of multiple intelligences to introduce lab safety can
help students with diverse learning styles master the topic. It allows
them to learn in the way best suited for their particular intelligence
type and enjoy learning because it's based on exploring their individual
strengths. Visit the link below to find out more.
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Experiments and Activities |
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On the Cutting Edge |
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Use Bubbles—Observe Wind Speed and Direction: Ask a Question and Plan
an Experiment
Children love working with bubbles. With this in mind, Carolina™
Curriculum has developed an activity to help students form an
investigable question and then plan an experiment to measure wind speed
and direction using bubbles. A downloadable activity sheet guides
students through the steps. Float down to the link below to begin. |
Hook into Earthworm Anatomy
Inexpensive and simple to dissect, preserved earthworms are the ideal
specimens for introducing students to basic dissection techniques,
anatomy, major systems, and more. We'll show you how to dissect the
ubiquitous earthworm step by step, leaving some wiggle room for further
exploration. See the link below for more. |
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Understanding Familiar Units: What Is a Light-Year?
Here's an activity that gets your students moving while they practice
measuring and manipulating units. By putting time and distance traveled
into units students can directly relate to, the abstract concept of the
light-year is more easily understood. Learn more about this inexpensive,
fun activity at the link below. |
Carolina's Workshop Takeaways
If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend a Carolina in-booth demo or
workshop at the NSTA National Conference, you can do the next best thing online.
Demo and workshop takeaways (Carolina Quick Tips™ activity cards and
workshop presentations) are now available as FREE downloads. Grab them at the
link below. |
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Butterfly Season |
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Painted Lady Butterflies
Bring excitement and understanding to
students as they watch larvae develop into colorful butterflies.
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Submit Your Tip for a Chance to Win an 8-GB iPod touch®
Do you have a great tip to share with your colleagues? If so, now is the time to
submit it to us for publication because on May 15, 2011, we will select one
lucky tip writer to win an 8-GB iPod touch®. If your tip is selected for
publication, you’ll also receive your choice of a $50 Carolina™ Gift Certificate
or a $25 Best Buy®, Olive Garden®, Target®, or iTunes® Gift Card. Submitting
your tip only takes minutes with our convenient online form. So what are you
waiting for? Submit your tip (and your chance to win!) at the link below.
Submit your tip
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Video from the 2011 NSTA National Conference
We kept our videographer on the move at the 2011 NSTA National Conference in San
Francisco, shooting footage of our booth, demos, critters, and more. Now all
that video is in one convenient location for your viewing pleasure. So relax,
the best seat in the house is the one you’re in. Just click the following link
to roll 'em.
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Educational Photos |
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Our photographers have captured thousands of scientific images over the decades,
and we’re giving you free access to selected ones via our
Flickr® Photostream. Click the icon to jump right in or the link below to
test the water.
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