Thursday September 1st B-Day Warm-up:

What is an observation and why are they important to science?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA&feature=related

Guided/ Independent Practice

Create Observations and Inferences with the pictures seen on the next slides

Compare and contrast observation and inferences

Independent Practice

Create 5 of your own observation and inference pictures

Practicing Observations

You will have 30 seconds to make as many observations as you can about the following pictures:

How observant were you?

1) What color is the tip of the orange fish’s fins?

2) What color is the starfish?

3) How many total sea creatures are in the picture?

How observant were you?

1) What street were we looking at?2) What store were we looking at in the picture?

3) What color was lit in the traffic light?

4) What was the number on the bus?5) Which direction is the no turn sign pointing?

Candle Observation Lab

Remember in science class it is very important that you are observant!

Answer the following questions

1) What color is your candle?2) What is the length of your candle?3) What is the length of the wick on

your candle?4) Describe the texture of your

candle.5) What does your candle smell like?

Candle Observation Quiz

1) What color is your candle?2) What is the length of your candle?

3) What is the length of the wick on your candle?

4) Describe the texture of your candle.

5) What does your candle smell like?

* How many stripes were on your candle?

Observations from afar

As a class what can you observe about my candle?

GOTCHA!

Exit Ticket: Observation or Inference?

1) Ms. Brennessel has a lot of space posters in her classroom.

2) Ms. Brennessel must like space.3) Someone must have been

eating hard boiled eggs.4) The classroom smells like

rotten eggs.5) There must be a fire nearby.

HW: Take a type of food or candy and write as many observations as possible- tomorrow in class you will switch and your partner will try to guess

Friday September 2nd

Warm-up: Switch homework papers with someone at your table and try to guess what their favorite food or candy is based on their observations.

Homework: None