Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Nature of Science
Hi everyone! Today was the kids first day back...they came in drenched after waiting for their buses in a downpour! The most exciting part of teaching is immersing kids in the process of science. I started today with a discussion and activities on making observations. We then differentiate between observations and inferences. There is a great little activity called Are You FBI Material? You place 10-15 items on tray, allow the students about 15 seconds to look, then see how many items they can recall (they jot them down and compare). They remember by color, size, texture, etc.; then, after they compare, they see the value of collaborating as a team because of the unique ways each individual makes observations. If I can't find the web site where I got the idea, I will upload the document later this week.
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Today was the second day of classes for the kids. It has already been a hectic but great week. One thing I did this year on the first day of class was a questioning activity. There was 3 different riddles and the students had to ask yes or no questions to figure out what happened. The activity engaged the students and got them thinking on the very first day.
ReplyDeleteThat's great! I always tell my students that if they are asking questions, I know they are thinking!!
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