by Emily Starr | Apr 27, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
Right now, I am safe at home with my three-year-old and five-year-old. Like many of you, I feel the challenge of balancing at-home work with full-time parenting. I know many of your school districts are doing an amazing job of providing distance learning resources. ...
by Emily Starr | Apr 20, 2020 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
Hello! My name is Elizabeth Baldwin and I am a life-long learner! I love to read and research things that happened in the past, things happening right now and things that might happen in the future! Whether it is in the field of history, science, fiction or...
by Emily Starr | Apr 7, 2020 | Phenomenon Examples
3-PS2-2 Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. If you are teaching the Next Generation Science Standards and are looking for phenomena ideas, you’ve come to the...
by Emily Starr | Mar 10, 2020 | Phenomenon Examples
1-LS3-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. If you are teaching the Next Generation Science Standards and are looking for phenomena...
by Emily Starr | Feb 26, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
In my second year of teaching fourth grade, my science curriculum had a unit on plants. In an effort to integrate my English Language Arts and Science instruction, I wanted my students to read an informational text about plants during our small group guided reading...
