After my retirement from elementary teaching in 2013 in Clovis NM from The Arts Academy @ Bella Vista, , I often sang for schools and libraries as “Curious Chris, The Singing Scientist.” Sort of a “singing Bill Nye/Mr. Wizard kind-of-guy.” I composed a whole host of teachable songs for elementary science, especially for 4th-6th grade. If you are an educator, feel free to use the songs how every you want! And remember t always…..Beeeee Curious!
Click here for “Waves All Around Us.” (2002)
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Click here for my scientific, electromagnetic and biologic version of “Here Comes The Sun” (2003)
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All the recycling in the world will be for naught unless we can find markets to actually do something with them. This was written soon after China announced to refuse to accept “America’s trash” anymore. I don’t blame them.
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While on the subject of the environment, here is “Sip! Don’t Suck!” about banning plastic straws.
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Yum! Yum! Red wiggler worms love to eat my kitchen veggie wastes and “cast” out rich compost in just a few months! If you want to learn more about straw bale vermi-composting, check out the Eldorado 285 Recycles website. I am the compost guy for this org! Here is “Composters!”
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Ok! Ok! I know eat WAY too much “Sugar, Salt, Fat!”
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Ever wonder why our Earth is tilted? Find out!
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Keep this line stuck in your head: “Energy can neither be created or destroyed, but it can be, and only be, totally transformed, from one form to another, that’s the Law of Conservation, that’s the Law of Energy!”
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Thank you Cat Stevens for giving me the perfect segue into teaching about eclipses! Click here to learn more with “Earthshadow/MoonShadow!” (2011). I always got solar eclipses and lunar eclipses mixed up.
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This one is about the anatomy of the sun! Click Here. for a good sweat with Pressure! (2002)
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Ever wonder how the heart and lungs are connected? Find out here!
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Here is a cool model to observe how the diaphragm is related to the lungs, plus a little song to go with it!
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The science teacher said call it “SOIL,” but I prefer to just call it “DIRT!”
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Seems like every science teacher has a water cycle song….here is mine!
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I demonstrate this one with 2 toilet plungers suctioned together and let kids both pull at each end till they pop the seal. Hilarious!
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Click Here for “The Great Mandala.” (2006) It’s like if I could teach my 6th graders “everything in just one science lesson,” this would be it! Its like my science curriculum for life!
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Click Here for “New Moon,” all about the phases of the moon. Tune stolen from “Baby Shark!” It got hand motions with it.
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“Oh Air!” (2003) is about the gases that make-up Earth’s atmosphere.
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Here is “Kinda Sorta” about how many living things have similar characteristics but are totally different species.