Lesson Plan: Observing
Navigate the knowledge tree: 🌿 Approaches to Investigations ➡ Observing
Do Now: Finishing the Measurement Activity
Go to Knowledge Book A, page 8-9.Â
Write down the measurements of THREE other students for the columns labelled 'Person 1', 'Person 2' and 'Person 3'.
Was YOUR measurement accurate? Yes or No in the 'Accurate?' column.
Do Now in your Knowledge Book page 10:
Q1: What equipment should be used to measure
(a) The length of a bean seed
(b) The mass of a tomato
(c) 10 mL of water
(d) The temperature
Q2: How can you make the measurements you take, accurate?
Q3: Why is accuracy important when doing investigations?
What are observations?
Types of Observations?
Recording Observations
Why do we need observations in Science?
Working in groups and as a class to make observations.Â
Make individual inferences and then discuss these inferences as a class.Â
Click on the yellow buttons to go to the Thinking Questions
Answer the questions either in your Knowledge Book or your Whiteboard on Microsoft Teams.Â
Summarise the main ideas from today's lesson into your Whiteboard.
Incomplete Knowledge Book pages
Let's Pack Up Together
Return all materials to the correct container.Â
Scan your surroundings for rubbish and put in the bin.Â
Put your brown paper bag back into the correct grey tray.
Quietly stand behind your chair. Wait for the Karakia leader to begin.