2nd Grade Inquiry Based Science

  • The students in this classroom were using several upper-level thinking skills.  They used level 2.4 with the ability to tell what happened during the experiment.  2.5 was used to help them understand and draw a conclusion from what was learned during the experiment.  6.1 was also used to change a previous hypothesis into one that fit the acquired knowledge.
  • Students could use Microsoft Excel to create tables and then use another program to turn that data into bar graphs to compare the time it took for each to dissolve.

4th Grade Science Standard

  • 4.L.1.4  Explain how differences among animals of the same population sometimes give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing in changing habitats.
  • On Thinkfinity I found an activity called It's Tough to be a Leatherback.  Students could also do the Spark!Lab Inventor's notebook. 
  • Students could use their lab notebook and observe certain animals to learn about dominance heirarchy in populations.  They could record results and hypothesize why certain animals dominate.
  • Have students look up endangered species and what conservationists are doing to help them online.