by Heidi | Mar 12, 2014 | Geography & Culture, Science
This weekend I went through the Waseca Elementary Intro to Biomes material and organized it in relationship to all of the rest of my card work in botany, zoology, and earth science. Considering plants, for example, after the Parts of a Flowering Plant included...
by Heidi | Jan 13, 2014 | Science
Even though spring, summer, and even fall appear to be more natural times for plant study. I actually find there is a lot we can do in the winter. Growing things indoor in the winter is good for your health. Green growing things help keep your...
by Heidi | Jan 6, 2014 | Science
I didn’t really mean to start a mini series on research, but I tend to take my posts from what we are actually doing and right now we are doing a lot of research (apparently). It’s been a bit of a break, but I just want to share our proposal form....
by Heidi | Dec 12, 2013 | Science
There are many ways to present the research and projects that a child in the Montessori elementary environment completes. The most important step is THAT they present it. That could be through a drawing, a paragraph explaining it, a poster, a video, a...
by Heidi | Dec 11, 2013 | Science
Much of the Montessori Elementary (and beyond) curriculum is founded in research, or projects, that are planned and directed by the students. This is something I have always been pretty poor about, to be honest. I’m working on it though and so...
by Heidi | Oct 24, 2013 | Science
We finished up our forces of motion experiments today, here are some of our other experiments: Inertia Objects at rest want to stay at rest, objects in motion want to stay in motion unless another force changes their mind. (That’s me paraphrasing...
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