Greener Living with Environmental Education

With oil spill issues in the news hourly due to the Gulf Coast oil spill it’s a great time to strengthen your children’s and students awareness of  how disasters such as the oil spill happen and how to protect the oceans and our planet from an overflow of contamination and pollution.

Survival Science Unit Part 2

This is part two in a series Survival Science
Day 7  Students choose a partner to work with on a Survivor experience.  Students discuss and compare their survival lists and combine lists and create a final list of fifty items that they will take to the island. They may choose six luxury items for this list, three for each student.
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More Teacher Discounts

 
 
South Florida Museum is also offering teachers free admission to the Museum, Planetarium and Aquarium with ID.
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center offers discounted tickets to county employees from all counties. Two tickets to select shows.
Mote Aquarium offers teachers one free admission with a pay stub.
The Limited offers 20% discounts  on all purchases to teachers with ID.
Jo [...]

Edible Schoolyard: A Book Review

This review is for the title Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea, by Alice Waters.

Science Survivor Style for the Classroom

This is part one of a two part series on Science Survivor Style
As a teacher it’s important to find projects and units of study that keep students interested and motivated. One unit of study I used with Science students in sixth grade was a Survivor Unit. This unit can easily be adapted to upper level students.
Day 1-3. [...]

Grants, Grant Writers and Finding Funding

Finding funding for educational projects and professional projects can be challenging so these two websites and the resources within them should give educators interested in finding grants something to cheer about.  The first website for those wanting to find a grant is Grants Alert.  I actually found this one through the Florida Department of Education.  This [...]

Environmental Education, Recycling and Trash Pickup

As concerns mount regarding the state of our gulf coast and the oil spill, it’s a perfect opportunity to increase our children’s environmental awareness and educate them further about  the ways our planet is being damaged. There are many great programs for recycling but there are many people who don’t participate.  A great student project to demonstrate the importance of [...]

Celebrating Cultural Diversity

Living and working overseas taught me the importance and joy of celebrating the cultural diversity of my students. Celebrating cultural events raises awareness among students and staff. Exploring the varied ethnic cultural diversity of students through cultural celebrations gives children a taste of ethnic customs,  food, dance, language and dress. It’s an  exciting way to involve everyone in a no [...]

Teaching Tools for Floating Educators

Are you an instructor with no space of your own? Stuck floating from room to room, finding an available corner to offer your support services from? If you’re finding it difficult to function on the fly, here are several teaching tools to get you on the right professional track.

Tie Dye Tee Shirt: Class Project

Making memories is what the end of the school year is all about. As a teacher I always tried to plan something the kids would love. One event that works well is to have an outdoor activity day combined with dying tie dye tee shirts.  I’ve participated in such an event and I’ve planned a follow up event. It’s fun [...]

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