April 28, 2017
by John Frassinelli
Having first seen a “drinking bird” in elementary school myself, I had never forgotten it. Our teacher, I think, had placed one on the windowsill. We had no air conditioning in those days, and the windows actually opened! Air circulated through the room, and that probably influenced the bird. I think it’s too bad that many classrooms are hermetically sealed these days, but we do what we can.
Recently I decided to introduce my first graders to my old friend, the Drinking Bird. I bought a few birds and fooled around with them, making sure each one would “drink” as it was supposed to. I learned that some birds need a bit of adjustment—their centers of mass might be too high or too low. But this is easily remedied by gently twisting the bird’s body and raising (or lowering) it on its metal clasp.
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April 14, 2017
by Nancy Foote
The latest addition to my classroom’s Curiosity Table is a Static Electricity Electroscope. The fact that it looks a bit odd made it even more intriguing to my students. Once they began to play with the electroscope, they couldn’t stop. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
April 4, 2017
Need help explaining the fundamentals of forces and motion to your students? Hands-on science demos to the rescue! We have a dynamic array of energy conversion products as well as an impressive collection of simple machines to demonstrate pushes and pulls… just to name a few of our many energy-related materials. Read on to hear what our customers are saying about our some of their favorite EI teaching tools.
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
March 3, 2017
by Paul Reyna
Have you ever had a science activity or demonstration that you really liked to do with your students, but then were told you could not do it anymore—or it did not fit your curriculum?
That is exactly what happened to me a few years ago.
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February 10, 2017
by Liz Inman
I first discovered The Private Eye Loupes when I borrowed a class set from a professor friend at the University of Kentucky. I fell in love with them and so did my biology students!
Here are some tips I discovered while using the loupes. Read the rest of this entry »
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