5th Grade Fraction Word Problems: A Simple Guide from a Teacher
Let me be honest. Fractions are hard. Fraction word problems are harder. This post is my best attempt to explain...
What Are Scientific Method for Kids
In this post, we’ll explain the scientific method for kids in plain language. You’ll get the steps of the scientific...
Teaching Metric System Conversions to 4th Graders
Metric system conversions are one of those upper-elementary skills that look intimidating and turn out to be wonderfully predictable. You already...
How Air Pressure Creates Wind: A Simple Explanation
Have you ever felt a cool breeze on your face? That breeze is wind. But where does wind come from?...
America 250 Color by Number: Adding Tens
America 250 Color by Number makes adding tens fun for young learners. Students solve simple problems and reveal a patriotic...
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells Reading Passages + Activities
If you teach cell structure in grade 6 science, you know the challenge: students can memorize that prokaryotic cells have...
Early Human Migration: How Homo sapiens Spread Across the World
Early human migration is the movement of modern humans (Homo sapiens) out of Africa and into Asia, Europe, Australia, and...
Ancient Egypt Reading Passages: Bilingual Unit (CA HSS 6.2)
Few topics grab a sixth grader’s imagination like Ancient Egypt. Golden masks, towering pyramids, mysterious hieroglyphs, and boy kings buried with...
8 Collision Worksheets — Grade 4 NGSS 4-PS3-3 | Workybooks
Have you ever rolled two toy cars straight into each other and watched them bounce, spin, or stop dead? That...