Lisa Ellen Niver

Race to Nowhere Article first published as Race to Nowhere on Technorati. Race to Nowhere is a new movie about our schools, our students and ourselves. The issue of homework causes family arguments, feelings of stress, suicide and illness and some students take drugs to stay up late and finish their work. We seem to have forgotten that children’s play is […] No responses December 8, 2010
Holiday Gifts: Are Educational Toys Always Geeky? Article first published as Holiday Gifts: Are Educational Toys Always Geeky? on Technorati. In Lemony Snicket’s, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, a Christmas story, we are told, “It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can […] 4 responses November 30, 2010
Parent Comments about SIMPLY SCIENCE CAMP Comments from parents “Thanks for a great summer. Our son had a wonderful time and new vocabulary words keep popping out of his mouth that I know you are responsible for!” (Kindergarten) “Our daughter was so into Science Camp and learned more about science in her two weeks here then she learned in an entire […] No responses November 24, 2010
Science Philosophy: Little Linchpins My goal is creating and inspiring lifelong learners and little linchpins. From California Department of Education : We are all born with natural curiosity about our world. Science is an extension of this curiosity. When we read about a new discovery, watch a bird fly, or think about how something works, we are doing science. […] No responses November 21, 2010
Studying Life Cycles No responses November 21, 2010
Studying Conservation of Liquid Volume No responses November 21, 2010
Simple Machines Check out my favorite site for simple machines: click here For more great website links, use the Just for Kids link on the side of our blog! One response November 21, 2010
Studying Habitats No responses November 21, 2010
Studying Biomes No responses November 21, 2010
Studying Forces For our forces unit in Second Grade, we study architectural plans, build our own gum drop houses and talk about simple machines. Check out this great link: Simple Machines No responses November 21, 2010