Features of Myths
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Showing posts with label kids and science. Show all posts
Features of Myths
These stories are called myths. They have several key features: read more
Everybody seems to love hating jellyfish. Too many of them can ruin a perfectly enjoyable day at the beach. Sometimes they can actually sting you. Nobody is quite sure what purpose these creatures serve...more
David Cochran
Publisher, Chief Learning Officer
Spigot Science
Science Connection - Spigot
When we look at a leaf fluttering in the breeze, it’s hard to imagine that there is a lot of activity going on inside it. A leaf is like a factory that converts the sun’s energy into read more...
...A Word Game You Can Play AnywhereAt Spigot Science we not only teach, but we also have fun. Check this out!
Drop It ~ First read the word clue. Guess the word. Read the Drop It clue. Guess the shorter word. Do both words make sense? Example: A four-letter word meaning to get bigger. Drop it and it means something you do with an oar. Answer: GROW, ROW
Take turns finding the answers and then make up some of your own...read more
Scientists have learned many lessons from studying nature, and this latest news shows how the science of photosynthesis is being used to generate a unique form of electricity. This activity focuses on the clues that a common leaf has in the generation of solar energy, which may someday provide light to people, instead of only shade.
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Ponder is that cute little guy who lives inside the pages of Spigot Science Magazine for Kids and Classrooms. What does Ponder do, you ask? Well…in his off time he dreams, imagines, speculates, and wonders. And…in his on time he thinks scientifically.
You see, Ponder is a thinker. He loves to …more
Valeria B. Girandola
MSEd, Publisher, Editor in Chief
Spigot Science Magazine
Herbs are wonderfully smelling, wonderfully tasting flowering plants that have been around since ancient times. They have many uses. Planted in the spring, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme are excellent for a kitchen garden. They add flavors to everything from salads to desserts. Then there’s chamomile for tea as well as mint and lemon verbena. 
For healing herbs, marjoram, mint, and oregano are said to help with digestion...read more
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Plants are amazing green magicians. They are energy transformers that are the first step of our food chain, transferring energy that they receive from sunlight. The story starts 93 million miles away on the star that fuels our solar system, the Sun. The Sun is a huge, fiery mass of hydrogen, helium and other gases. It sends its radiated heat and light energy to the Earth....read more
Science Kits are a growing vehicle of choice in many elementary and middle school districts. They provide a ready-made themed unit, complete with measuring and other tools, models, hands-on experiments and activities, workbooks, charts and graphs to fill out, and collaborative student work groups. Extending the lesson is, of course, left up to the teacher. Enter Spigot Science Magazine for Kids and Classrooms.
Spigot supports the theme with online activities, thought-provoking articles, ideas to do-it-yourself and questions to ponder. Send a Spigot page home, or better yet, have students access it online in school and/or at home, where they can strengthen their technology skills with follow-up homework.
And speaking of collaboration—Spigot’s great Table of Contents in every issue lends itself to team discussion and planning across the curriculum. Imagine an aspect of say…Simple Machines… being taught in science class, math class, language arts, social studies, the arts, and even health classes! As they say in Project 2061, “Concepts are learned best when they are encountered in a variety of contexts and expressed in a variety of ways, for that ensures that there are more opportunities for them to become imbedded in a student’s knowledge system.”
Find all this and more in each of Spigot’s publications: WATER, TREES THE UNIVERSE, SIMPLE MACHINES, PATTERNS, ENERGY, ECOSYSTEMS, CHANGING EARTH, TELESCOPES, DESIGN, BUGS, ROCKS and MINERALS, SOUND and PLANTS - Click on Magazine pic below to check out our back issues.
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