Out of this world Science Stations!

the moon.

I love to teach about Space.  This is the Moon Phases board I created.  Students put their head through the middle and rotate the board counterclockwise to "see" the phases of the moon.  This year I attached labels of each phase, so that when students were viewing the moon face, they could confirm their ideas.

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Model the phases of the moon with sandwich cookies.

This year I had my colleague Steve Lang come from the Canadian Space resource center and teach the students about Canadian Astronauts and their contribution to space exploration.  He also organizes a Space Day each year.  Students from a local high school present a variety of hands-on astronomy concepts to students in grade six from across the board.  The event is so popular that they are holding 6 space days this year!  My student teacher did an excellent job of teaching many of the main concepts from the curriculum during her teaching block and we are lucky to have Brian Cheney from Cosmic Connections come and host a Star Party for our students and their families. Brian brings special telescopes with him and sets them up in our school yard during the day and evening.  Students and their families get the opportunity to view the planets and moon in a way in which many have never had the opportunity. 

    

For this station students were asked to draw a representation of the lunar cycle.  It was an excellent way for me to see if they had retained what had been taught in class and when they had created moon phases flip books at home.

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Check out ALL of the resources I have created for teaching SPACE by clicking on the link below

SPACE RESOURCES

Spring Giveaway!

It sure does NOT feel like spring has sprung here in southern Ontario!   We got another 25 cm of snow yesterday!  Luckily I am sharing a great giveaway with you to help cheer you up and get you through these last few weeks til spring arrives!

Tabitha from Flapjack Educational Resources has hit 10,000 followers the other day on Pinterest, so she decided to celebrate by asking a BUNCH of awesome bloggers (84 actually!) to donate spring-themed resources for 7 special winners! This giveaway is all about Pinterest, so be sure to check out some fabulous Pinterest accounts. Each bundle will have one winner, and the winners will be notified on March 20th, the first day of spring of course! 

Want to enter to win one of the fantastic prize packages?  Click on the image at the top of the page and head over to Tabitha's blog now!

Throwback Thursday

I don't usually do "Throwback" posts but today I realized that really I don't have a lot to share which is NEW.  I DO have a great new bulletin board I want to share though...I bought the Academic Morphology poster set from Ladybug's Teacher Files this year and have been itching to put up a display.  My student teacher finished her Olympic unit and I was finally able to take down the bulletin board and put up the academic morphology posters.  

This is the mathematics part of the board. 

This part of the board focuses on parts of speech.

I just LOVE how these boards turned out. My students kept turning and reading them during the day!  I know I have made a good choice when they actually CHOOSE to read what is on the board!  Click on either of the images above if you want to purchase your own sets!

Now for the throwback part of the post.  I am currently teaching my unit on Space again.  Well, to be totally honest, my student teacher introduced the unit and I will be continuing it after March break.  Last year I posted about a Moon Phase board I created.  I just took it back to school and the kids were are totally intrigued. If you want to read about how I made this nifty little board and how to use it just click on either image below.  

For another great activity to teach phases of the moon click on the image below.  P.S. The activity includes a FREEBIE! Nothing beats teaching with Oreos!

I just found another great FREEBIE for teaching about phases of the moon.  You can grab it from Scholastic for FREE by clicking on the image below.