Food Waste and the Environment

40% percent of food doesn’t get eaten. Food waste is the 3rd largest producer of greenhouse gases. How can our food cycle make more sense? Can we create a pathway that ends hunger, wastes less food, creates food products, and cares for the envirornment?

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Magic School Bus Meets the Arctic – Science Lessons for Elementary Students

Discussion Questions and Informational Videos on heat loss, Arctic ice, and adaptations of polar bears and walruses to survive their icy habitat. Insulation, cold-blooded lizards, and how heat works are all included. Perfect for preschoolers and elementary science learners on a unit study about Arctic animals.

Science Books for Babies, Young Kids, and Big Kids – Part 1 (Babies)

(Part 1) This post shares my top recommendations for board books for babies, whether Science or not. Be prepared to see parenting brain caused by too many re-reads of the same books, but also the reading joy those books bring.

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“Don’t Sneeze!” Germs, Illnesses, Bacteria, Viruses – Science Lessons for Elementary Students

Discussion Questions and Informational Videos on bats and their use of echolocation. Bats, caves, and hibernation are all included. Perfect for preschoolers and elementary science learners on marsupials, or a Halloween animal unit.

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The Dark Night Rises: Flying Bats and Echolocation – Science Lessons for Elementary Students

Discussion Questions and Informational Videos on bats and their use of echolocation. Bats, caves, and hibernation are all included. Perfect for preschoolers and elementary science learners on marsupials, or a Halloween animal unit.

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Kangaroos, Koalas, Marsupials – Science Lessons for Elementary Students

Discussion Questions and Informational Videos on kangaroos, koalas, sugar gliders, opossums. Seven types of marsupials in all. Perfect for preschoolers and elementary science learners on marsupials, or an Australia unit.

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