April 29, 2016
EDITOR’S NOTE: At Educational Innovations, we are always looking for creative new teaching ideas to use in the science classroom. Like you, we know how cool science is—the trick is to communicate that sense of excitement and discovery to our students. Here is a social media-based classroom project that we thought our readers might enjoy. Let us know what you think!
If you have a classroom-tested idea for teaching science that you’d like to share with fellow teachers and science lovers, please leave a comment below or email us at socialmedia@TeacherSource.com. We’d love to hear from you. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
February 23, 2016
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
February 23, 2016
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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Posted by Donna Giachetti
February 23, 2016
Why not insert a bit of air pressure humor into your next quiz or homework page? Extra points for students who guess the right answers to our riddles!
If you have a favorite cartoon or joke, we invite you to share it as a comment below.
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
February 23, 2016
Even folks who don’t teach science are interested in air pressure—whether or not they know it. Isn’t that why we tune into weather reports? Air pressure covers so many topics, it’s hard to imagine a day without air pressure in the news.
If you come upon an interesting science news article, please share it with us in the comments below.
What’s the latest? Take a look…
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