Eric Dunsey, School Outreach Coordinator
of the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality
This uses Stars Beneath Your Bed.
If I Were a Dust Particle . . . More from Indian Hill Elementary!
Here are some more great educational ideas from Indian Hill Elementary in Cincinnati, Ohio. These are from a school visit week in Feb, 2009. The first ones extend STARS BENEATH YOUR BED: THE SURPRISING STORY OF DUST.
Dust off a book: physical science storytime!
Let’s begin our physical science storytime. Physical science studies the non-living world around us: air, water, wind, rock, minerals, glaciers, all sorts of things. But these non-living parts of our world also play a big part in our lives, and other animals’ lives, too. So, we’ll begin with an animal you might have seen…vultures! Continue reading “Dust off a book: physical science storytime!”
Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust
This nonfiction book weaves together stars, sunsets, comets, meteors, dust, dinosaurs, daily activities and even, in a small way, Martin Luther King. Read this book and think big about very small things. Learn how bits of all of us and all that we do help create the colors of the sunset. Continue reading “Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust”