FREE! Fern Smith's Leprechaun Pudding Directions and Science Observation Sheet!

FREE! Fern Smith's Leprechaun Pudding Directions and Science Observation Sheet!

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This is a little bit late, but I've just started posting on Best Practices 4 Teaching Science and I'm excited to be here! Feel free to head on over to TPT and download it now to save it for next year. OR~ use the Pin It button above to bookmark it!

This is my very favorite activity all year! 

We make Leprechaun Pudding! White powder, milk and the all important magic words {I always say...."Someone's poisoned the water hole!" from Toy Story...for some reason, it kills them!} Anyway...next thing you know....Ta-Da ~~~ Green Leprechaun Pudding with GOLD NUGGETS!
It is actually Jello's Pistachio Pudding which comes in a bag completely white and the white powder hides the nuts. When the milk is added they get green pudding and the gold nuggets! There is nothing.better.than.hearing "I feel bumps in mine!" "I have yellow lumps!" "I have gold!!!"
Then finally, "I have Leprechaun Gold!!!"

YES! YES, YOU DO! :)
 Student's Science Recording Sheet

Teacher Directions Included

 

St. Patrick's Day: Hairy Potato Head

Add a wee bit of fun to your science lessons this St. Patrick's Day when you make hairy potatoes. This lesson includes:  prediction sheet, observation sheet, directions for making a hairy potato, and parent note asking for supplies.

Dr. Seuss experiment: OOBLECK

Just in time to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America day!  Read Bartholomew and the oobleck and then let your class make it.  Oobleck is a solid and a liquid.  It's a fun and messy way to add science to a day traditionally devoted to literature.
Here's a parent letter asking for supplies.  Hop over to my blog to find out more!
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Growing Sentences

Looking for ways to improve your students' writing abilities?  How about combining science and writing with a little bit of seasonal fun, too?

Begin by reading a book or two about the life cycle of a pumpkin.  Ask your students if they know what makes a pumpkin grow?  Then tell them that a sentence, like a pumpkin, can also grow.  Ask them if they know what can help a sentence grow?
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Hand Sanitizer Science Project

We just got through working on science projects at my house.  Boy, am I glad it is over.  But, I wanted to share a snippet of what I did for my class when it came time to writing up the project we did on hand sanitizer.  You can go to my post about all of the projects we had going on this weekend to read about how I laid the project out and you can go there to select the freebie which looked like this:

Thanks for coming by!  I hope you enjoy this freebie and find it useful!  

Humpty Dumpty Science Station

The next time you are at the store, pick up a package of plastic eggs.  There are probably some on the clearance rack.  These eggs can be used to make an easy, fun science station. To read more about this, click on Humpty:

Science Station: Jack & the Beanstalk

One of my favorite literature lessons is reading different versions of the same story.  I love all of the different versions of Jack and the Beanstalk.  My students like to plant their own bean and watch their beanstalk grow up to the castle (picture of a castle on a popsicle stick stuck in the dirt cup).  This makes a great science station.  Visit my blog to get your free copy.