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It’s the beginning of the school year and that means that science teachers are going to introduce the scientific method to students. The way I ease my students to this somewhat complex concept is to expose them to the scientific method concept box. View and listen to the Voicethread below to learn how I do this. If you want the template for the boxes, email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will send it to you.
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Chemistry - How to Write Chemical Names

Determining chemical names can be an overwhelming task if you don't have a system to help keep things in order. The first thing you don't want to do is memorize a bunch of stuff. Memorization should be kept to a minimum.
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The Solar System

Editor's note [This article comes from a 9-year old boy living in Compassvale Raod, Singapore. The article exemplifies why I love education- the fact that I can read something written by someone 20 years younger and learn something new. You never know who you're going to learn from next!]

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. These are the planets of the solar system. OK, we should exclude Pluto. Scientists at first thought that Pluto was a major planet, but later they discovered that Pluto was actually not, and classified it under the meteorites (asteroids).