Darwin Day: Ideas for Teaching Evolution
February 12th is Darwin Day, where we celebrate the work of Charles Darwin and his theory of Evolution through Natural Selection. It’s Darwin’s birthday, so Happy Birthday! Charles Darwin developed his theory in the late 1830s, following his observations...
Teach Adaptation with AI-Created Animal Mashups
Here’s a fun classroom activity that uses the power of generative AI as part of a unit about animal adaptations and classification with a bit of habitats thrown in for good measure. The students can come up with a description of a strange, new animal. They can...
Where does the mass of a plant come from?
Ever wondered where a huge tree gets its weight from? Just like we grow from the food we eat, trees also have a source for their mass. But where does it come from? Is it the soil, the water, or maybe the air? Long ago, people thought plants got their weight by taking...
Keys and Classification using Finger Puppets
Here’s a simple idea for using finger puppets in Primary science to teach about keys and classification. I bought several sets of these from Ikea a few years back. They don’t quite sell the same packs any more, I’ve managed to get hold of some...