Archive for the ‘SC in the Classroom’ Category

Mud in the Mountains! A Virtual Field Trip in the Catskills

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

 

Join our marketing director Leigh (and a host of other critters) as they explore the Catskill Mountains around her farm — and what happens when it rains and rains and rains, with a lesson from our new Soils module!

Click here to download our Mud in the Mountains! Virtual Field Trip…

 

Want to be a Science Companion Virtual Field Trip Guide?

We’re having so much fun with these that we’d like to share!

Send us pictures from your vacation this summer to enter our Intrepid Virtual Field Trip Guide contest. If we choose your photos to fit with a lesson from one of our modules (you’re welcome to make suggestions or leave it to us), we’ll feature you as our guide and send you a free Science Skill Builders module, which is a great tool for any elementary classroom!

Send your photos and/or any questions to leigh(a)sciencecompanion.com!

 

Motion and the Indy 500: A New Virtual Field Trip

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

 

Join us for a celebration of speed and motion at the Indianapolis 500, combined with a lesson from our Motion module.

Click here to download the Indy 500 Motion Virtual Field Trip…

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Want to be a Science Companion Virtual Field Trip Guide?

We’re having so much fun with these that we’d like to share!

Send us pictures from your vacation this summer to enter our Intrepid Virtual Field Trip Guide contest. If we choose your photos to fit with a lesson from one of our modules (you’re welcome to make suggestions or leave it to us), we’ll feature you as our guide and send you a free Science Skill Builders module, which is a great tool for any elementary classroom!

Send your photos and/or any questions to leigh(a)sciencecompanion.com!

 

Our Latest Virtual Field Trip…

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Today only one state in the continental US didn’t have snow! We’re in the thick of winter cold and darkness, but we’ve got a great antidote… Our latest Virtual Field Trip is a celebration of lantern festivals around the world, with a lesson from our Light module on how making lanterns helps kids learn about how light travels through materials.

Download it here:

Science Companion Light Field Trip