Investigating Phenomena: How Can the Sun Set at Midnight?
Carolina Phenomenon Phenomena-driven science! Phenomena are observable, naturally occurring events that are everywhere and spark student questions and investigations. Ask students to observe the DCI-linked phenomena in the video and complete the attached student sheet prior to remote learning discussions. Observations: Carefully watch the sun at midnight video. Gather all the evidence you can from […]
CSO Tips for Teachers: Lab Safety
Do you know the benefits of using Carolina Kits 3D labs on CSO? Set yourself up for success with these tips. Use CSO digital resources to reinforce lab safety with students Safety is a concern for teachers every day, with every investigation, not just during the first week of school. Use your Carolina Science Online […]
Breathe Easy: 5 Benefits of Teaching and Learning Outdoors
Taking students outside to learn doesn’t have to be complicated and offers advantages for both teachers and students. For phenomena-based science, outdoor learning is a natural fit. Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers began touting social-emotional and cognitive advantages of outdoor instruction. Now, taking students outside to learn is being explored as an option that […]
How to Make Slime
An Introduction to Polymer Chemistry Whether you want to introduce students to polymers, engage them with a fun science demo, or simply have the most popular station at your school’s science night, making slime is always a great idea. This non-toxic slime is easy to make and keeps the mess to a minimum. Turn the […]
Four Engaging Lab Activities for Spectroscopy
Help your students understand spectroscopy with these hand-on lab activities. Here are 4 engaging hands-on lab activities from Thermo Fisher Scientific that use the Spectronic® 200 Spectrophotometer to help your students understand spectroscopy. Each activity has been fully tested to ensure reliable, accurate results. Extensive background material is provided for each experimental concept, including the […]
10 Tips for Creating Social Distance in Your Science Classroom
We’ve put together a list of recommendations to help you as you plan labs and science activities for the year. Creating and maintaining social distance in your classroom shouldn’t be a pain point. We’ve put together a list of recommendations to help you as you plan labs and science activities for the year. , Follow […]
Webinar: Life Cycle and Growth and Development
Join us for a live webinar to explore hands-on-learning opportunities using Wisconsin Fast Plants®. Life Cycle and Growth and Development with Wisconsin Fast Plants® One lesson we can take away from 2020 is the importance of hands-on learning and how valuable classroom time is for creating learning opportunities. How can we build on those experiences […]
Nomenclature and Bonding Basics of Ionic Compounds
How to spot ionic compounds Students often struggle to identify types of compounds and name them appropriately. The first step is to identify if a compound is primarily ionic or covalent. Ionic compounds are often solid with crystalline forms. Covalent compounds on the other hand, can be gases, liquids, or solids and the solid state […]
Webinar: Making Thinking Visible
How do you implement portfolio instruction during remote and hybrid learning? And how can you use these teaching techniques to engage students? Student collaboration is a key component of social-emotional learning–but collaboration can prove challenging during remote and hybrid learning. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to engage students by analyzing and interpreting data while […]
Forensics
Make Real-World Connections and Engage Students When crime scene investigators collect and analyze evidence from the scene of a crime, they are applying forensic science. By using tools from physical science, biology, and math, investigators are able to recreate and analyze the elements of a crime scene. Forensic science allows law enforcement officials to determine […]