Featured Teaching Ideas & Resources

Phototropism: Why Do Plants Grow Toward Light?

Phototropism: Why Do Plants Grow Toward Light?

For those elementary students interested in botany, this cool experiment fro...

Read More
Writing Instruments & Fatigue: Is There An Optimal Writing Instrument for School?

Writing Instruments & Fatigue: Is There An Opti...

Notes. Completing worksheets. Taking tests. Writing essays. Students do a lot...

Read More
Font and Memory

Font and Memory

Class syllabuses. Handouts. Lecture notes and presentations. Throughout the ...

Read More
Beautiful Blooms: What Makes A Flower Last the Longest?

Beautiful Blooms: What Makes A Flower Last the ...

Photo Source: thebottomlessbag.blogspot.com Bouquets of beautiful blooms ar...

Read More
All That Glows - Exploring Fluorescence

All That Glows - Exploring Fluorescence

Photo Source: howstuffworks.com Black lights are not only neat, they can ac...

Read More
Hydroponics - What is the Best Liquid for Germinating Seeds?

Hydroponics - What is the Best Liquid for Germi...

Photo Source: www.kew.org If your upper elementary/middle school student is...

Read More
Does Eye Color Affect Peripheral Vision?

Does Eye Color Affect Peripheral Vision?

Photo © 2009 Mikleman, Flickr Reading a book. Riding a bike. Driving a car....

Read More
Video Games and Your Heart Rate

Video Games and Your Heart Rate

Photo ©2011 Microsoft Sweden, Flickr Perfect for the upper elementary/early...

Read More
The Effects of Gender Identity on Short Term Memory

The Effects of Gender Identity on Short Term Me...

Memory is a fascinating concept. Ree and her daughter over at The Pioneer Wom...

Read More
Factors That Affect the Rate of Evaporation

Factors That Affect the Rate of Evaporation

Photo © 2007 Matt Scott, Flickr Kaiti, a sixth grade science fair participa...

Read More
Now You See It, Now You Don't!

Now You See It, Now You Don't!

Photo &copy 2009 Tony Fischer Photography, Flickr Peripheral vision is ...

Read More
Music To My Heart

Music To My Heart

Photo © 2008 Fe Ilya, Flickr Ever wonder if different styles of music affec...

Read More
Germs & Us

Germs & Us

Photo © 2008 Umberto Salvagnin, Flickr As we head into the flu winter seaso...

Read More
Left Out or Right On?

Left Out or Right On?

Photo © 2008 Evonne, Flickr Fifth grade student, Dimitra, wondered if one's...

Read More
Nintendo Wii: Training Tool or Game?

Nintendo Wii: Training Tool or Game?

Photo © 2006 Rob Fahey, Flickr Ever wonder if a motion-detecting gaming sys...

Read More
Mnemonics & Memory

Mnemonics & Memory

Photo © 2009 digitalbob8, Flickr If you've ever studied for a big test, hav...

Read More
Speech: Discovering How Different Sounds & Pitches Are Achieved

Speech: Discovering How Different Sounds & ...

Photo © 2007 Biology Big Brother, Flickr We are not born with the ability t...

Read More
Off Balance: Music & Dizziness

Off Balance: Music & Dizziness

Photo Source: Christopher Urstitti It's no secret that when we get spun aro...

Read More
The Effect of Caffeine on Alertness

The Effect of Caffeine on Alertness

Photo Source: Roman Segaev Ever wait until the last minute to study for an ...

Read More
Oxygen in Plant Respiration

Oxygen in Plant Respiration

Photo Source: Viktor Kuryan Most children are familiar with the overly simp...

Read More
Plants & Gravity

Plants & Gravity

Photo Source: Nancy Schumann Ever noticed that plant shoots (the parts we c...

Read More
How Age Affects Hand-Eye Coordination

How Age Affects Hand-Eye Coordination

Photo Source: Paul Moore We need hand-eye coordination to perform many basi...

Read More