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Becoming Better Observers: How does observing, asking questions, and making connections help me understand things in nature?
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This series of 5 high-quality, standards-aligned, inquiry-based activities have been field-tested by first grade students and families of Wequiock Children's Center for Environmental Science during Safer At Home orders. These activities encourage students to use natural areas around their homes and in their neigbhorhoods as they improve their science observation skils. The materials used are ones generally available at home and the activites require little preparation on the part of caregivers.Created as a part of a WISELearn OER Innovation project, Connect, Explore, and Engage: Using the Environment as the Context for Science Learning was a collaboration of the Wequiock Children's Center for Environmental Science and the Wisconsin Green Schools Network. One of the goals of the project was to create standards-aligned lessons that utilize the outdoor spaces of the school (as well as those of the students' homes).  Each section of this resource is an individual activity. While each activity builds on the previous ones, it is possible to use them individually.The observation protocol "I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of, I Think Maybe" has been adapted from that of the BEETLES Project.The title image was used with permission and is courtesy of Joe Riederer.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Karla Koch
Date Added:
05/28/2020
Beetles Project I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of
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The "I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of" observation protocol helps students develop a mindset of curiosity, and provides language tools to actively and directly engage with the natural world. These are important skills students can carry away and apply in any natural setting. Using this routine makes any field experience more student- and nature-centered.

Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Emilie Lygren
Jedda Foreman
Kevin Beals
Craig Strang
Date Added:
03/09/2023
Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension to Categorize Books
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This sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and categorization processes, and reading comprehension and writing skills, while at the same time providing teachers with a vast array of diagnostics through observation of student interaction and conversation. Students work as a class to sort books, first according to their covers and then according to their topics. They explore whether books could be included in multiple categories and whether some groups could be broken down further. Next, students work with a partner to sort twelve books. They orally explain their sorting criteria, and then record in writing what categories they used and why. Students may also compare and contrast two books using an online Venn diagram.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
12/28/2015
Buddy Biology: Observing Living and Nonliving Components of an Ecosystem with a Partner
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This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on physical changes of the ecosystem surrounding their school habitat.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Danielle Gile
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Climate Change in a Bottle: Overview Part 1 of 4
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Suney Park wants her students to know that what they learn in class is relevant to their lives and the world. In this introduction, she shows us how her students come up with a plan to recreate the Earth and its atmosphere and test their own hypotheses about rising CO2 levels.

Subject:
Education
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Teaching Channel
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Teaching Channel
Author:
Suney Park
Date Added:
02/06/2023
Climate Change in a Bottle: The Experiment Part 4 of 4
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Suney Park's hands-on activity has her students making the greenhouse effect happen in a model. Using a light bulb for the sun, they create different control groups that imitate Earth's atmosphere with the help of a soda bottle. This adds up to a meaningful experience that connects what students learn in class to real-world events.

Subject:
Education
Environmental Science
Life Science
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Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Teaching Channel
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Teaching Channel
Author:
Suney Park
Date Added:
02/06/2023
Climate Change in a Bottle: The Lesson Part 2 of 4
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After a month studying climate change, students create models of the earth and its atmosphere, and design experiments to test the variables involved in climate change. Students write their own driving questions, develop hypotheses, and build the models to use in their experiments.

Subject:
Education
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Teaching Channel
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Teaching Channel
Author:
Suney Park
Date Added:
02/06/2023
Climate Change in a Bottle: The Set-Up Part 3 of 4
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Suney Park has her class of scientists set up their experiments step-by-step. Even though it can be chaotic and mistakes can be made, there is purpose and meaning to having the kids be responsible for all aspects of the experiment and the learning that goes on in that process.

Subject:
Education
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Teaching Channel
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Teaching Channel
Author:
Suney Park
Date Added:
02/06/2023
Coaching Observation and Discussion Notes Template
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This instructional coaching observation and discussion template helps create a structured approach to capture detailed notes and facilitate productive coaching conversations with teachers.  It includes space to capture observations, along with space to capture notes from the post-observation reflection conversation.

Subject:
Elementary Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
April Schofield
Date Added:
02/12/2024
Collecting and Identifying Rocks
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In this Earth Science activity, students will investigate rocks in an outdoor field trip. Students will be divided into groups and given a Ziploc bag to collect rocks. We will then return to the classroom, and the students will put their rocks into different groups. The different groups could be the size, shape, color, and texture of the rocks. We will then talk about the Rock Cycle and the three main types of rocks. Students will record their observations in their science journals.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
Geology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Linda Harvey
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Crumbling Rocks - Observing and Describing Rocks
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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.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
Geology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Gbai Metzger
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Dancing Raisins
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This activity is an entire-class lab experiment that refreshes the concepts of sinking and floating, while introducing the concepts of bouyancy and density using the fizz from sprite (carbon dioxide gas) and raisins.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Kami Miller
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Describing Fall Leaves Through Words and Music
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This is an integration of science leaf observations with musical composition for early elementary students.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Cynthia Brown
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Graphing Fall Leaves
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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.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Bonnie DePeel
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Introduction to Nature Journaling
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This activity is a field investigation where students will learn the importance of detail when nature journaling.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Andrea Storlie
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Introduction to Nature Journaling
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This activity is a field investigation where students will learn the importance of detail when nature journaling.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Jaime Clark
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Introduction to the Milk Weed Ecosystem
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This activity is an inquiry and field study based. Students will be trying to observe, document, compare, contrast, and communicate what information they were able to gather. The will use this information to make in inference about the organisms they have found and classify them as either an insect or not an insect.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Akbar Rasheed Muhammad
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Temperature: Using a Thermometer
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Students will record the temperature daily, using a bar graph, color coded bars. this monthly bar graph helps students understand phenology and interpreting graphs.

Subject:
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Colleen Fridlund
Date Added:
02/10/2023