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Bubble Basics
by: Michelle Bertke and Melanie Bunda Bubbles are always a fun and interesting activity for kids of all ages. However, bubbles are not only fun, they are also an excellent teaching tool for some...
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No Pop Bubbles!
by: Ron Perkins At first glance No-Pop Bubbles may seem like any other bubbles. While the bubble solution is a bit more viscous, one blows No-Pop Bubbles like any other bubble. The small bubble wand...
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Silicon from Sand
by: Carl Ahlers Next time you step onto the beach, bend down, grab a handful of sand and admire the fact: By mass 47% of what you hold in your hand is the element silicon. The rest is simply oxygen....
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How to Make a Rocket (Scientist)
by: Tami O’Connor A few months ago I had occasion to conduct two hands-on workshops for elementary and middle school teachers at the NSTA National Convention in San Francisco on behalf of Educational...
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The Law of Dulong and Petit
by: Dr. Jean Oostens Atoms were proposed in antiquity without any experimental evidence by Democritus, a Philosopher. This must have been a problem for Newton and Leibnitz who posited that there was...
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Make Your Own Time
by: Martin Sagendorf A Definition: Clocks measure time – it can be a continuous measure of events passing or the measure of the interval between two events. Of Hours: After years of evolution, our...
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Ghost Eyeballs
by: Norman Barstow Educational Innovations’ Growing Spheres can be used to add a note of ‘horror’ to your classroom or home Halloween experience. Once fully expanded, Growing Spheres have an index of...
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101 Things Everyone Should Know About Science
by: Dia Michels Science affects everything—yet so many of us wish we understood it better. Using an accessible question-and- answer format, 101 Things Everyone Should Know About Science expands every...
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Who Knew They Could Be So Dense?
by: Tami O’Connor Density is not typically an easy concept for most middle school students and even more difficult for younger students, but it doesn’t need to be. We all know that D=m/V, but the...
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Absorbent Spheres Help Students Soak Up Scientific Principles
by: John Fedors GROWING SPHERES Hydrophilic spheres from Educational Innovations offer a variety of interesting applications and opportunities for scientific inquiry. They come in a variety of sizes:...
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Every Dark Spoon has a Silver Lining – Using Chemistry on Silver Tarnish by: Ted Beyer The holidays have just passed, and for most people, part of the celebration involves getting out the “good” china...
View ArticleHow to Make Goldenrod Paper
by: Tami O’Connor Gone But Not Forgotten Many years ago at Educational Innovations we had heard rumors that our wonderful goldenrod paper that served as an easy to find indicator paper was being...
View ArticleTeaching the Periodic Table
Teaching with a 3D Model of the Periodic Table? by: Roy Alexander Who knew? I never realized how easy is would be to teach with my 3D periodic table until I started listening to a science teacher at...
View ArticleThe Poly Density Bottle
by: Tami O’Connor So, do you ever bring discrepant events into your classroom to capture your students’ attention? If so, the Poly Density Bottle should be on your list of must-haves! As you can see,...
View ArticleDesperately Seeking Goldenrod Paper
by: Donna Giachetti In a February 2014 blog post we said goodbye to the last of our goldenrod paper supply, a beloved staple in many science teachers’ classrooms. Truthfully, we can’t count how many...
View ArticleChromatography with Autumn Leaves
by: Linda Dunnavant Experimenting with Fall Leaves Autumn is here! Football season, sweater weather, hay rides, pumpkin spice lattes… I could go on and on, but I think we can all agree that the leaves...
View ArticleWinter Science Discussion Starters
If you have a favorite winter science lesson or activity, please leave us a comment below! Thanks to Julie Olson, President SDSTA, for sharing two excellent discussion starters related to winter: Which...
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by Ted Beyer We love our customers, and not just because they help keep the lights on! Educational Innovations’ customers share amazing things with us all the time. In fact, some of our best products...
View ArticleIf Science Icons Had Instagram…
EDITOR’S NOTE: At Educational Innovations, we are always looking for creative new teaching ideas to use in the science classroom. Like you, we know how cool science is—the trick is to communicate...
View ArticleIntroducing the Home Science Lab!
by: Donna Giachetti Albert Einstein famously said, The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. At Educational Innovations, we agree wholeheartedly. Our...
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