Elementary School Classes

Leaving your comfort zone and peer groups in elementary school to move on to the more intimidating middle school is both frightening and exciting. While it's hard to part from your routine with your old friends, your new school offers new opportunities and new people to meet. more »

Termites are small, pale insects that live in colonies not unlike ants. They're usually found in dirt or living inside wood. Also like ants, termites have a caste system, with a single queen, soldier termites, worker termites and young. Termites' main food source is cellulose, the material that plants, and especially wood, are made... more »

Before there were digital clocks, circular clocks, or grandfather clocks, people told time by using the sun. While knowing where the sun is in the sky can give an approximate time, a sun dial can be used to tell the exact time if the measurements are done carefully. Here is a simple way to make a sun dial that you can use to tell time... more »