Create a Snail Farm

Snails may be pests in the garden, but they are quite fascinating creatures.  Create a little home for some snails in your classroom, allowing your students to watch and observe the snails in action for a couple days. Start off with a water or soda bottle.  Rinse and dry it out and then put the…

Flower Activity–Pressing Flowers

    Pressing flowers is a great way to preserve a moment of summer beauty.   Once pressed, you can use them to create bookmarks, necklaces, collages, or simply glue them into a scrapbook or journal. I like to start by making a fun activity out of collecting the flowers, creating either a scavenger hunt…

Root Activity–carrot bracelet

Make slices of dried root vegetables into beads for necklaces or bracelets!  I have only done this with typical orange carrots, but I would be curious to see how yellow or purple carrots turn out, as well as beets, radishes or turnips. First, the root vegetables need to be thinly sliced.  This is the only…