This activity is designed for a primary classroom (outdoors & indoors) investigation where students collect and investigate soil samples and describe the soils, looking for similarities and differences. Students develop a method of recording the data colleted and can present the information gathered.
This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on physical changes of the ecosystem surrounding their school habitat.
This activity is a classroom hands-on , active learning lesson where students observe and describe a familiar item, to help them observe and describe the physical characteristics of rocks.
This is an integration of science leaf observations with musical composition for early elementary students.
This activity is takes place in nature and in the classroom. Students are gathering different types of leaves and naming characteristics of each then sorting them by those characteristics. Students then make a picture with leaves and writes 2-3 sentences about their picture using the characteristic words.
This activity is a classroom and field study activity where students learn how to record focused observation.
In this biology lab extension, student will have already collected leaves from the playground and surrounding school areas and sorted them into categories according to leaf properties. Students will use the leave classifications/ sorts to graph the properties of the leaves.
This activity is a field investigation where students will learn the importance of detail when nature journaling.
The activity is a field trip to Minnehaha Falls where students will observe and record their findings in a science notebook.
In this activity students will explore leaves using inquiry and their senses.
This inquiry lab activity involves students working to understand that sound is made from vibrations.
Students learn glacial landforms and create a landform map including a location grid (eg. position A2) and map key.
This is a thematic chart of items a teacher can easily find to create a weekly Observational drawing exercise.