• Characteristics of Life – Biology Basics

    Characteristics of Life – Biology Basics

    Have you ever seen those toys that you can put in water for a couple of days and then grow in size? They always have this amazing thing on the package like, "Grows a million times larger in the water!"-- ok I'm exaggerating-- but they do expand remarkably bigger. I had one as a kid.…


  • Speeding Through Energy Transfer

    Speeding Through Energy Transfer

    This video is a great example of an experiment with energy.  The scientist, Professor Pipette, invites the students to observe the transfer of energy. She gives an example of energy transfer by juggling, Explaining that objects have energy, hands have energy, and even the air around the objects have energy. in order for there to…


  • The Mighty Sun for 1st Grade

    The Mighty Sun for 1st Grade

    This video takes kids on a trip to the center of the solar system to investigate the most important star to us, the sun!  Kids in 1st grade may not understand that the sun is a star.  To them, stars are the small white dots that twinkle in the night sky or 5 pointed shapes…