In this lab, students will design and experiment to determine which sediment type is the most permeable and porous. This is very open to a student's design. The teacher should give little to no help with this experiment. I use this lab to assess a group's ability to design and experiment and come up with a statement of conclusion. I am looking for their ability to use time wisely, set up an experiment, gather data, practice safe lab techniques, and use variables correctly. Teacher reflection and procedures are included.

This Study Jam video does a great job demonstrating the differences between weather and climate.  It discusses how temperature and air pressure can change due to a change in elevation.

This video can also be used during reading units dealing with compare and contrast.

This "It's OK to be Smart" video discusses the human nose and its awesome ability to sense smells.  Please note that this video does talk about human sperm so you need to judge your students' maturity level.  Nerves, olfactory receptors, eyes, and ears are also discussed in the video.

Students solve these array problems by counting the images down and across and then multiplying the numbers.

Solving Arrays Math Worksheet Link

http://www.commoncoresheets.com/Math/Multiplication/Multiplication%20Array/English/1.pdf

This is a worksheet that will reinforce the properties of multiplication.  There are questions about the distributive property, the zero property, the commutative property, the associative property, and the identity property.

This is a great video to help introduce the idea of bartering, trade, and money in economics.

This was created for those couple of days leading up to Halloween, you know, when kids have gone "spooky" themselves. In this pack, teachers will get 60 bingo cards and two call sheets. The bingo cards are in two different stacks. One stack is for the teacher to call out the products and the students have to find the equations. The other stack has the teacher calling out the equations, while the students have to find the products. Each card is unique and there are 68 equations and products ranging from the 1s to the 12s.

This music video might be a great way to start a Professional Development meeting.  In this video, a third-grade teacher sings about her wish for having a snow day.  It is sung to the tune of "Hello."  If you are a teacher, especially in the elementary schools then she nails our thoughts on the head with this song.  It is very well done and funny.

Use this assignment to help students understand the difference between a mineral and other objects that they might think are minerals. The activity doesn't take long but when you are discussing what a mineral actually is, this assignment gives your students practice. Students have a list of words that they need to sort into columns. One column is for minerals, the other column is for non-minerals. If they place an object into the non-mineral section they need to justify which rule was broken.

This video is a fun rap about the organization and powers declared in the Constitution.