"Bone Activity" Katie- 6, 7, 8th Grade Teacher-Math/Science/Health

"Have you ever had trouble in Health or Science class with students trying to memorize the different names of bones? To make it a bit easier and fun, give each student or each group of 2 a long piece of masking tape. Have them rip them into 8 pieces (or as many bones as your working with to memorize) and then right the 8 bone structures like hip bone, femur and so on. Then, they place the tape on their body where the bone is at. For example, I would place the hip bone label on my hip. If they are working in groups of 2, they can label 4 on their partner and the other partner could label 4 on them. Students really love this activity. You can also use this activity for other body systems. Have fun!!! "

"Layers of Planet Earth" Sarah M., Grade 7 & 8 Science Teacher

"To teach a child the layers of Earth is a difficult task, he/she can not imagine what we are describing. So I took an apple and cut it in half. Wow! Every part we want to describe is in that apple. Starting from the core moving upward to the apples skin which, represents the earths crust. It even led them to draw the layers. They are reminded of the Earth's layers each time they have an apple. Try it! It works!"

"Layers of Planet Earth" Sarah M., Grade 7&8 Science Teacher

"To teach a child the layers of Earth is a difficult task, he/she can not imagine what we are describing. So I took an apple and cut it in half. Wow! Every part we want to describe is in that apple. Starting from the core moving upward to the apples skin which, represents the earths crust. It even led them to draw the layers. They are reminded of the Earth's layers each time they have an apple. Try it! It works!"

"The Force of Plants" Anas Najim: Science & Biology Teacher/Lab.assistant.B.I.S

"As a Science Day project the student were interested in the idea of how plants are strong enough to grow through concrete tiles?

To show this, we placed some beans in four jars, kept them wet. Covered each with a small piece of wood and placed different weights on each jar starting from 50 grams to 1 kilogram. In a few days the beans started growing and bang ...the weights started falling off as the strength of the plants toppled of the weights and the project students were astonished to see what force do plants have in weight lifting. The students won the first prize."

"Get'em Moving!" Mike Hassleback, Science Teacher

"As a middle level teacher, I am always trying to teach concepts that involve sequence. I find when I physically involve students in the learning process, I have great success.

A simple example is when I review the order of the planets. I ask for 10 volunteers. 9 students receive a planet's name and the remaining student is the sun. The student representing the sun is given a large spot light to hold in the middle of the room. The planets then revolve around the sun.

We then take it a step further and involve their math teacher to determine the exact distance each student must stand from the sun exactly to scale based on the size of the walking diameter of the room. Later, we add the moons of each planet and involve all the students in the class. If we have extra students, we add comets.

I find that with type of activity students really become engaged."