Comments on: Activities for the first day of class! http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/08/14/activities-for-the-first-day-of-class/ explorations and inspirations... in how we learn science Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AMY http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/08/14/activities-for-the-first-day-of-class/comment-page-1/#comment-3957 AMY Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:26:41 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=332#comment-3957 I always start my first day of school with a fun hands on activity. Each stgudent plants a TickleMe Plant seed. TickleMe Plants are the only plants that will close their leaves and lower their branches when tickled. I find the kids love getting up and working together and then taking home their onw PET TickleMe Plant, which they talk about all year long as it grows. You can find more educational information and greenhouse kits to grow your own at www.ticklemeplant.com I always start my first day of school with a fun hands on activity. Each stgudent plants a TickleMe Plant seed. TickleMe Plants are the only plants that will close their leaves and lower their branches when tickled. I find the kids love getting up and working together and then taking home their onw PET TickleMe Plant, which they talk about all year long as it grows. You can find more educational information and greenhouse kits to grow your own at http://www.ticklemeplant.com

]]> By: sciencegeekgirl http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/08/14/activities-for-the-first-day-of-class/comment-page-1/#comment-338 sciencegeekgirl Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:58:32 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=332#comment-338 I've added the PDF of the bubble gum activity for all interested! I’ve added the PDF of the bubble gum activity for all interested!

]]> By: sciencegeekgirl http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/08/14/activities-for-the-first-day-of-class/comment-page-1/#comment-337 sciencegeekgirl Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:49:34 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=332#comment-337 I'm getting the worksheet from the original creator (just waiting for her to email me back) --- I'll post them here and email them directly to Ms. Denk above. If anyone else has good first day activities, please post them here in the comments! This page is getting a fair amount of traffic over the past few days -- share your expertise! I’m getting the worksheet from the original creator (just waiting for her to email me back) — I’ll post them here and email them directly to Ms. Denk above.

If anyone else has good first day activities, please post them here in the comments! This page is getting a fair amount of traffic over the past few days — share your expertise!

]]> By: Ms. Denk http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/08/14/activities-for-the-first-day-of-class/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Ms. Denk Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:23:35 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=332#comment-336 Please email me the worksheets for the bubble gum activity. I can't wait to try it The kids will love this and it will jump start my science project introduction. YES !!! Thank You Please email me the worksheets for the

bubble gum activity. I can’t wait to try it

The kids will love this and it will jump

start my science project introduction.

YES !!! Thank You

]]> By: pat viele http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/08/14/activities-for-the-first-day-of-class/comment-page-1/#comment-335 pat viele Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:53:30 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=332#comment-335 This cross pollenation is the beauty of blogging! Thanks for your contributions. Pat This cross pollenation is the beauty of blogging! Thanks for your contributions.

Pat

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