Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Students use scientific method, their senses, and writing to explore properties of rocks



Today in science we did a lesson that integrates language arts and the scientific method.  We began with the Byrd Baylor book Everybody Needs a Rock. It's a book that talks about rocks in beautiful poetic language.  Then we went on to write a want-ad for a lost rock -- that pulls on the skills of scientific observation and descriptive writing.  We also weighed and measured rocks and used our senses to find the properties of rocks.

I hope you and your family have a great fall break!

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