STUDENT ACTIVITY: FIRST GRADE
PLANT JOURNALS
-First grade students will be able to observe a plant and identify different parts of the plant by labeling them in their journals.
Materials
~Journals
~Different plants
Procedure
1. Pass out a plant to each table team and discuss and model as a class.
2. Introduce journals
3. Ask students to create a KWL sheet in their journal. (What they know, want to know. Fill out what they learned after activity.)
4. Give each table team a different plant to explore and have them draw and label in their journals.
DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES
Why is it important for kids to investigate, observe and discuss authentic, interesting experiments?
