Let the School Year Begin!

Engaging Science Activities for the First Days of School

• #1: Science Interest Survey and Decorate a Virtual Locker.
• #2: Science Gab Lab Stations.
• #3: Montage of You Activity.
• #4: Emailing a Teacher Mini-Lesson.
• #5: Scientific Theories versus Laws Group Activity.
• #6: Bag-O-Chemistry Making Observations Activity.

Tips for New Teachers: The First Day of School

• Welcome Your Students. Arrive early.
• Get to Know Each Other. Do some fun ice-breaking activities to put everyone at ease.
• Establish Rules and Routines. Introduce the important features of the room and the school with a tour or scavenger hunt.
• Reinforce Positive Behavior.

7 ways to make science fun in the classroom

1. Cooking. Cooking classes will be fun and interesting.
2. Take them outside. Fresh air can help in learning more effectively.
3. Put things in pictures. You need to be a good observer to learn science.
4. Plan a garden.
5. Take them to museum.
6. Arrange science fair.
7. Library.

6 Virtual back to school activities for the first day of the school year

• Play virtual ice breaker games.
• Set expectations.
• Send fun virtual questionnaires.
• Design virtual lockers.
• Share summer stories.
• Send out student learning surveys.

1. Introduce Rules in a Way Your Students Won’t Hate. Reflective Thinker.
2. Ease Your Class Back Into Learning. Merry in the Middle.
3. Let Students Set Goals. Misty Miller.
4. Set the Tone with a Lesson. The Teaching Room.
5. Use Activities to Set Benchmarks. Jean Adams.
6. Study Your Roster Before the First Day.

Pour over enough cold water to cover all the Skittles and the plate itself on the first plate. Pour over enough warm water to cover all the Skittles and the plate itself on the second plate. Watch and wait as a rainbow appears on the second plate, the colors will move towards the middle and create a whirl of color.

8 Things Teachers Must Do on the 1st Day of School

• Contact your New Students and Families.
• Have a Plan for Managing School Supplies.
• Establish an Attention Getter.
• Start with a Calm and Easy Activity.
• Have an Ongoing Activity for the Week.
• Establish Procedures and Routines.
• Take Lots of Pictures.
• Get to School Early.

The most useful ones are highlighted below:

1. Teachers Should Not Be Repetitive in Content Delivery. Tutors need to review the content delivered in the previous lesson in the current class.
2. Include Interesting Games in the Classroom.
3. Frequently Use Technology in the Classroom.
4. Make the Class Environment More Relaxed.

10 Ways to Keep Your Kids Interested In Science

1. Use a microscope.
2. Find science camps in your area.
3. Visit a natural history museum or science center.
4. Watch a movie.
5. Take a hike.
6. Become a citizen scientist.
7. Play games.
8. Turn your kitchen into a lab.

Morning meeting is a nice way to start out a Zoom meeting with your class. Start with a question that each student can choose to respond to. Morning meeting discussion slides are a great option for this. The teacher can open the file and select “share screen” in Zoom for the students to read the question of the day.

15 creative lesson ideas for the first day of school. 1 1. All about the bag. Hand out a paper bag to all your students the first day of school and put a little note on it: Directions: 2 2. Figure me out. 3 3. Beach ball game. 4 4. Create a time capsule. 5 5. Nice mnm’ing you.

Students have been given the definition of science in the past, but students should realize that science is dynamic, it is hands-on, and it changes as our knowledge of the world increases. Materials: Print the following pattern on cardstock paper and cut out the individual pieces.

With an advanced class, the concept of scientific paradigm and paradigm shifts i.e. germ theory, theory of evolution, and atomic thoery can be discussed. Some Additional Thoughts and Ideas: This activity always seems to validate my belief that human beings are inherently curious.