Grade Level(s):
- 3-5
Source:
- Heindel, Sharon
Resource type:
- classroom activity
Discipline:
- General
Time: Two 40-minute periods
Overview
Students make observations, examine data, and form hypotheses about a set of footprints and what they can tell us.
- [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 look for patterns in what they observe. (P1, P4, P5, NOS2)
- [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 2. Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence.
- NOS Matrix understanding category 3. Scientific knowledge is open to revision in light of new evidence.
- Science and Engineering Practice 2. Developing and using models
- Science and Engineering Practice 4. Analyzing and interpreting data
- Science and Engineering Practice 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Science and Engineering Practice 7. Engaging in argument from evidence
- Science and Engineering Practice 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
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