The Ultimate Guide to Playtime

The most comprehensive article, from Mom Loves Best, about why playtime is important and what it looks like from birth to 4+ years old. Highly recommended for early childhood educators and parents alike.

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Hypothesis Cubes – Best Nature of Science Lesson of ALL TIME!

Hypothesis cubes is the BEST nature of science lesson of all time. Engage students to use evidence to support their claims and then demonstrate the way science works by leaving the “answer” unsettled in the end. NOTE: Cubes with “CHEATER” on the bottom included for teachers who feel students who do not follow directions and…

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STEMAZing Stories

In June 2018, thanks to support from the Pima County School Superintendent’s Office and Thomas R. Brown Foundations, twelve of our STEMAZing Teacher Leaders were given the opportunity to tell their STEMAZing Stories. With help from Creative Narrations and CommunityShare, our teacher leaders thought about why they are teachers and how our program has impacted…

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IDC (not IDK) How to turn absolutely anything into a science experiment!

IDC (not IDK) how to turn absolutely anything into a science experiment

Notice something interesting! Wonder how it works? Use this process to turn absolutely anything (well almost) into a science experiment. Learn about independent, dependent, and control variables. Brainstorm independent variables which can be systematically manipulated in the setup of your experiment. Consider dependent variables which might respond or change as you systematically change one independent…

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