The Creative Chemist

Help students understand that Tall Tales are exaggerations about real people and places by using this map of real landmarks mentioned in Steven Kellogg's retelling of "The Tall Tale of Johnny Appleseed." This map demonstrates how Johnny's westward movement was paralleled by American pioneers. Use this as an activity to follow a reading of the book, or have students follow along on their map as the book is read aloud. You might also be interested in these other resources from the Creative Chemist

The product was created for use with my Dewey Decimal Mini Unit for Middle School, however, it could be used as a free-standing lesson. This is meant for students who have a familiarity with decimals and have used the Dewey Decimal system to find books in the library before and are ready to learn more about how books are classified and shelved. It gives a brief history of the accomplishments of Dewey, what a decimal means in and out of the library, describes how books are classified in the sys

Join the Li'l Chemist as she investigates solutions. This investigation includes two simple experiments: color mixing and chromatography that introduce the concept of solutions as mixtures of distinct substances. Each experiment takes the students through the steps of the scientific method asking them to form a hypothesis, make observations and draw conclusions. Each experiment is followed by further explanation and an art extension activity. In the art extension, students will use their observa

This is the answer key for the quiz found in my Dewey Decimal Mini Unit for Middle School.