Germs! Germs! Germs!

This is the time of year when the stuffy noses and coughs really kick in...so we decided to take on the germs in kindergarten. Have you done the pepper and soap experiment yet? You should. All you need is a bowl of water, pepper, and soap. Shake some pepper into the water and have the students put a finger in the water. The pepper will latch onto their finger. Then, have the students put soap on their finder and touch the surface of the water. The pepper scatters! We used this as an example of germs not liking soapy water. The kiddos loved this one, I will definitely be doing it again next year. 

How do germs spread? That was our second illustration. I mixed together finger paint and glitter to represent germs. I had one student pretend to cough on the hand and put some of the glitter paint on it. I encouraged that student to give high fives or shake hands with their friends to see what happens to the germs. THEY SPREAD! The whole class ended up with "germs" on their hands. Then we discussed proper hand washing to get the germs off. I did this is small groups to keep it manageable, but it can also be done while group. Did I stop there? NO! I also included language arts and math components throughout the day. What a fantastic day of science! 

Germs! Germs! Germs!

This is the time of year when the stuffy noses and coughs really kick in...so we decided to take on the germs in kindergarten. Have you done the pepper and soap experiment yet? You should. All you need is a bowl of water, pepper, and soap. Shake some pepper into the water and have the students put a finger in the water. The pepper will latch onto their finger. Then, have the students put soap on their finder and touch the surface of the water. The pepper scatters! We used this as an example of germs not liking soapy water. The kiddos loved this one, I will definitely be doing it again next year. 

How do germs spread? That was our second illustration. I mixed together finger paint and glitter to represent germs. I had one student pretend to cough on the hand and put some of the glitter paint on it. I encouraged that student to give high fives or shake hands with their friends to see what happens to the germs. THEY SPREAD! The whole class ended up with "germs" on their hands. Then we discussed proper hand washing to get the germs off. I did this is small groups to keep it manageable, but it can also be done while group. Did I stop there? NO! I also included language arts and math components throughout the day. What a fantastic day of science! 

FREEBIE

Parts of a flower freebie for your students to help with a plants unit

Parts of a Flower

FREEBIE

Parts of a flower freebie for your students to help with a plants unit

Parts of a Flower

I Speak For The Trees....

EARTH DAY

In my classroom we decided to celebrate earth week because of the students' excitement to take care of our environment. We did many projects that revolved around The Lorax. The students loved the book and the characters. During this unit we did

• I Speak for the trees writing prompt - Letter to the Oncler
• Our promise to the earth craftivity 
• The Lorax faces that we used to act it out
• Nature walk where we found stones to write UNLESS on for the students to keep at home
• Paper recycling project 
• True or False Earth Day game 
• Character comparisons between the Lorax and the Oncler - Venn Diagram 
• Oil in water science experiment 
• Recycling lesson and sorting activity 
• Truffle Trees project - How does a tree grow? 

-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts 

I Speak For The Trees....

EARTH DAY

In my classroom we decided to celebrate earth week because of the students' excitement to take care of our environment. We did many projects that revolved around The Lorax. The students loved the book and the characters. During this unit we did

• I Speak for the trees writing prompt - Letter to the Oncler
• Our promise to the earth craftivity 
• The Lorax faces that we used to act it out
• Nature walk where we found stones to write UNLESS on for the students to keep at home
• Paper recycling project 
• True or False Earth Day game 
• Character comparisons between the Lorax and the Oncler - Venn Diagram 
• Oil in water science experiment 
• Recycling lesson and sorting activity 
• Truffle Trees project - How does a tree grow? 

-Anchor Charts And Paper Hearts