Would your students like to build a twirling helicopter? How about an air cannon? This book from DK is loaded with kid-pleasing projects perfect for springtime science.
I have a copy to give away. Let us know your favorite thing about spring. Submit your comment by Wednesday, April 25, and you’ll be entered into our random drawing. Good luck!
Here are some other outdoor-oriented projects that are springtime perfect.
Meet Ben & Holly. These best friends live in the Little Kingdom, a place so magical that grass and flowers tower above the land. At TheMailbox.com/BenandHolly, you’ll find great ideas for enjoying outdoor time and magical ways to celebrate the end of the school year. Grab your magic wand and head over to TheMailbox.com/BenandHolly to start the fun!
Spark students’ interest in STEM with the free lessons at teacherstryscience.org. You’ll also find tools for collaborating with colleagues, strategies and tutorials, and more. Click here.
If you can’t head out into nature, bring nature inside to you! Check out the amazing webcams at explore.org. I can hardly take my eyes off the bald eagle nest in Decorah, Iowa. But I have to if I want to peek at the hummingbird fountain in La Verne, California, or the orca lookout in British Columbia. Take a look here!
Uh oh, I just found the webcam for Los Angeles Kitten Rescue Sanctuary. Quick, someone drag me away!
Karen |
PS: We have two other contests still running. Enter to for a chance to win Glue Dots here and win two amazing poetry books here.
The warm weather, sunshine, and plants growing again.
I am looking forward to getting out and enjoying the fresh air. I know my students will too
Some warm weather! I am tired of cold and snow.
Flowers blooming, warmer weather
Barbecues with family and friends,our vegetable and flower garden and more…
Spring thundershowers! I love how the sun comes out after the rain, and sometimes there’s a rainbow.
The sunny warmer days. So tired of winter
Sunny warm days and the smell of fresh cut grass!
I love the smell of spring, the warmer air, sunshine, longer days, and seeing summer on the horizon…especially since there is still snow on the ground where I live. 🙁
I love getting the students outside!
I love Earth Day… I’ll be doing a creek cleanup. 🙂
I like the warm weather, plants growing, and that you are able to see more wildlife.
My favorite thing about Spring in Hawai’i is the blooming of sweet scented pikake (jasmine) and gardenia.
Things bloom.
Everything about the outdoors. Just being able to spend more time outdoors and being able to eat outdoors.
Warm weather, green grass, flowers!
Outside recess, sunshine, and sandles.
Easter, flowers and my birthday!
We would love some new ideas!
My favorite thing about spring is that everything is reborn! Flowers and other plants come back, baby animals appear, new life everywhere!
My favorite thing about spring is my birthday! ????????
My favorite thing about spring is how everything seems to get a second chance. What a wonderful time for new beginnings; especially with Easter right at the start of spring!
I love the bright green shoots and bright flowers in the warmer weather.
My favorite thing about Spring is getting to dig in the dirt again, to plant my garden
I love all the beautiful wildflowers!
The insects! I love going on nature walks and helping my littles understand how these “annoying and scary” creatures help in the life cycle.
The warm sunshine!
Children are sprouting and so are the trees and flowers! New growth everywhere!
My favorite things about Spring are the SMELLS – newly mown grass and lilacs; SOUNDS – birds chirping and flitting from tree to tree; TASTE – raindrops and fresh-picked strawberries; SIGHT – green plants, flowers blooming, rainbows; and TOUCH – baby animals and dewy grass!
My favorite thing about spring is the SUN and WARM weather! I also love the colorful flowers and seeing the “green” coming back on the plants and tress. 🙂
The beautiful colors of all the flowers, grass, and budding trees.
My favorite thing about spring is the rebirth of life – dafadills and tulips blooming, green leaves popping out on the trees, and of course all the baby birds!
Exploring nature and enjoying the outdoors in full bloom.
My favorite thing about spring is being able to get outside and explore nature discovering all of the new life and enjoying the warmth and sunshine!
The warmer weather means planting vegetables and watching the butterfly life cycle, all in my classroom. I love it just as much as the students!
The flowers blooming, the birds chirping and reading outside with my students.
Looking forward to great ideas to get students in the “making” mindset!
My favorite thing about spring is seeing all the beautiful new flowers that have bloomed.
I love to take my elementary library classes (K-1) outside for their library day!