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...
by Emily Starr | Feb 26, 2020 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
Hi! I’m Sarah and I am a writer for StarrMatica. Writing for kids is a passion of mine I developed at my first job out of college with National Geographic KIDS magazine. Prior to that point, I had visions of working for a fashion magazine. But I soon realized writing...
by Emily Starr | Feb 12, 2020 | Phenomenon Examples
4-PS3-1 Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. If you are teaching the Next Generation Science Standards and are looking for phenomena ideas, you’ve come to the right place! I like to think about...
by Emily Starr | Jan 24, 2020 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
Since StarrMatica is a teacher-owned company, we would like to introduce one of our team members whose commitment to educational texts helps to make us who we are today. Shannon McElroy is one of our writers who creates comprehension supports and Common Core aligned...
