Yesterday I had a chance to work with a 4th grade class here at RES. The students are in the process of discussing what scientists do. I used a version of this lesson, from from the Just Call Me Ms. Frizzle, blog as an opportunity to continue forming questions, making a plan, observing, recording data, and coming to a conclusion. We used the Which One is Better? lesson in class yesterday with Mr. Dayton's.
We started to brainstorm some ideas what scientists do, which lead to an amazing discussion about how we were going to attack these bubbles and bouncy balls to determine which one was better. Once the students determined how they would test the term "better" they were able to share their ideas with the teachers. Some of the ideas for determining "better" were biggest bubble and which one took the longest to pop.
Then it was on to the excitement. I started by allowing them 2 minutes to blow some "test" bubbles (because we all know what would have happened if I didn't allow this....bubbles everywhere), which helped to make sure we were focused and on task when the actual testing of bubbles began. After their test bubbles were blown the students used the two Google docs below to record their data and make observations. Both of these will go into their Science Notebooks.
Which One is Better? - Data Sheet
Things We Observe - Graphic Organizer
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