Back to Nature: Day 2, Sharpen Observations with 5 Senses

During this environmental education lesson students built on Tchart notes (I NoticeI/ I Wonder) from Day 1. The learners sharpened observation skills by using 5 senses to describe a living thing in School Yard Habitat. I provided a list of words/adjectives for vocabulary development.

1. Class discussion about Day 1 chart. We created a class web of all nouns from Day1 observations. Defined noun.

2. Reviewed 5 senses and word lists.

3. Modeled a web where the living thing they chose is in the center and adjectives are outside.

4. Went to SYH. Reviewed appropriate behavior when being a scientist

5. Reviewed directions and example web. Reminded them to make CLOSE scientific observations based on 5 senses and record observation on their web in their science notebooks.

6. Ended with a whole class discuss about scientific observations.