Wordless Wednesday: Animal Classification in the Science Lab

Ladybugs

    We began our study of Ladybugs by sharing our schema (what we think we know) and then we added to our new learning all week.

    We read From Larva to Ladybug and charted the life cycle. Then students created their own ladybug life cycle.

    We read Ladybug Fiery Red and Bright. Then we graphed our favorite color ladybug and analyzed our data.

    We used a leaf mat and ladybug counters (ladybug stickers on index cards, laminated, and cut out) to tell addition stories. We recorded in our math journals.

   We went to the science lab to find out which temperature ladybugs like better. We graphed our predictions before we did the experiment.

    Students used a hand lens to observe the ladybugs in the tubing.

    Then we put one end of the tubing into ice water and one end into warm to hot water and observed where the ladybugs went.

    Then we recorded on a small sheet of paper where we observed our ladybugs once we put the tubing in the water cups.

    For teachers who are interested, these activities (and more) can be found in my Ladybug Learning Fun  unit.

Plant Parts in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins used a dried sunflower middle to show us where the seeds are held. Then we examined the plants on our tables and discuss the parts of our plants and their purposes. Then students illustrated and labeled the plant parts in their science journals. Mrs. Riggins took the students who finished their journal entry early outside to look at the parts of the plants in our garden.

    Mrs. Riggins helped us plant and water grass seeds.

Living and Nonliving with Worms in the Science Lab

    We explored living and nonliving in the science lab with Mrs. Riggins using a real worm and a clay worm. Students got to touch and observe both.

    Then students discussed their observations of each and Mrs. Riggins recorded as they shared out on a T chart.

    Then students illustrated an example of both worms and labeled.

Space Review in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins had us talk with our partner about what we learned about objects in the sky. Then students shared out. She read us Sun Up, Sun Down by Gail Gibbons. As she read, they stopped to talk about the objects in the sky and the things we learned about them. 

    Then students went to their tables, folded their paper into fourths. Students illustrated and labeled four objects in the sky.

Constellations in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins talked to us about how the stars stay in the same place in the sky. We are moving, so it looks like they move, but they don't! Then she talked about constellations are a group of stars in the sky that make a picture. Then she read Follow the Drinking Gourd and talked about how slaves in the underground railroad followed the big dipper to get to freedom.

     Then students could draw the big dipper or create their own constellation.

The Moon in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins showed us how the moon reflects the sun light by using a mirror and lamps.

     She also used a balloon and a globe to show how the moon orbits the earth.

   
She also demonstrated the moon phases using a balloon and a lamp.

    We also watched a video about the moon. Then we wrote/illustrated something we learned about the moon in our science journals.