Setting up rock investigations has been super easy and quick. The children were able to take this on and work independently in no time at all.
Each Science Team worked well together and explored the properties of rocks. We were able to determine that our rock collection was missing some rocks for some of our categories. We now were on a rock hunt. We were able to find most of the rocks outside on the playground. Our rock collection and our playground rocks have given us a nice collection to explore and investigate. We sent home the rock parent letter to help us collect the rest of the rocks we need for our investigations.
We even noticed that rocks have shapes and sometimes more than one shape can be seen on the surface. All these up close investigations have led to some great notebooking and wonderful descriptive writing. We will keep you posted on what we discover.
What a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
Hi Mrs. Coe:
ReplyDeleteI am just starting a similar investigation with my sixth graders. This really helped me focus my thinking...
I'm glad that I found you and that I can now follow you!
Kim
Finding JOY in 6th Grade
It is so great to see the other disciplines represented on the blogs. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this blog! The Science Fair is coming up!!!!!! Great ideas!!! sharon.washington96@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteLove your blog...I've always shied away from science, but you're fun!!
ReplyDeleteJen
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