Grade Level(s):
- 3-5
Source:
- Janulaw, Sharon
Resource type:
- classroom activity
Discipline:
- General
Time: One class period
Overview
Working in groups, students pose explanations (hypotheses) for what they are observing and are asked to test their hypotheses. These procedures have been modified from Mystery Boxes: Uncertainty and Collaboration by Jean Beard.
- [What is science?: Grades 3-5] Scientists ask and address questions. (P1, P3, NOS4)
- [What is science?: Grades 3-5] Scientists base their ideas on evidence from the natural world. (P3)
- [What is science?: Grades 3-5] Scientific ideas may change with new evidence. (NOS3)
- [How science works: Grades 3-5] Scientists observe, explore, discover, and communicate with one another.
- [How science works: Grades 3-5] Scientists don't always agree with one another. (P7)
- [The social side of science: Grades 3-5] Scientists explain their ideas and evidence to one another. (P7, P8)
- [The social side of science: Grades 3-5] Scientists work together.
- [A scientific approach to life: Grades 3-5] Problem-solving and decision-making benefit from a scientific approach.
- NOS Matrix understanding category 3. Scientific knowledge is open to revision in light of new evidence.
- NOS Matrix understanding category 4. Scientific models, laws, mechanisms, and theories explain natural phenomena.
- Science and Engineering Practice 1. Asking questions and defining problems
- Science and Engineering Practice 7. Engaging in argument from evidence
- Science and Engineering Practice 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
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