Hands-on lessons make learning more interesting and engaging. We found a delightful green science lesson that enables kids to look at green energy in a new way. Not only can your students quantify the work that wind can do… they’ll design their own windmills using paper, string, some clips and a cup.
And who doesn’t love a windmill?
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
by: Donna Giachetti
We recently welcomed aboard a freelancer—let’s call her Alice—who comes from the world of Internet commerce. As I wrote in an earlier blog (What It Means to Be a Teacher), many of Educational Innovations’ crew have previous experience in either teaching or science—or both. We just love science, even on our days off. So Alice is a rare fish in our cozy little pond.
Which is why we got such a kick out of her innocent comment during a recent phone conference. “I’ve been looking around your website,” she said, “and boy, it was like falling down the rabbit hole of science!”
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by Ted Beyer
We love our customers, and not just because they help keep the lights on! Educational Innovations’ customers share amazing things with us all the time. In fact, some of our best products have been created as a result of our customers’ discoveries, suggestions, or requests.
Recently, we received a comment on our website regarding our color-changing goldenrod paper. It prompted us to try a brand-new experiment that we think you’ll enjoy.
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
Educational Innovations’ President and CEO, Tami O’Connor, spent many years as a science teacher in elementary and middle school classrooms conducting air pressure science activities.
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She was also a professional airline pilot, so you can be sure she knows a few things about air pressure!
One of her favorite air pressure activities at school was the Do-It-Yourself Gyrocopter. You can download her lesson (complete with template) by clicking on the image below.
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
The sky (and beyond) is the limit if you’re looking to start a class discussion on air pressure! Practically anything goes—from balloons to spacesuits, smoke rings to clouds in a bottle.
We hope you have as much fun using these air pressure discussion starters as we’ve had gathering them.
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