Learning Intention:
- Children examine properties of objects
(Science Topic - Matter: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy)
I Can:
- Explore properties of various objects using one or more of the 5 senses
- Describe properties of various objects
Last week we looked at Mrs. Dupuis' pumpkin together as a large group. We practiced using our sense of sight to look closely and describe many different properties of the pumpkin that we noticed. This week, we talked a little more about some of our other senses (taste, touch, smell, hearing) and students had the chance to work in small groups to identify the properties of some really interesting gourds! Using all of our senses (except for taste!) we investigated the gourds and came up with some great words to describe them - bumpy, long, curvy, round, 3-D, smooth, orange, greenish-yellow, spotted, cold, hard, prickly, pointed...the students were true property detectives! After having a chance to investigate all 6 of the different gourds, students were invited to blend their scientist lens with an artist lens and pick one of the gourds to draw. We talked about scientific or real drawings and the importance of looking closely and drawing 'what you see'. All of the gourds had a very unique shape which made this a challenging task...but students did a wonderful job taking a risk and trying their best!
We also had the chance to look closely and learn a little bit about sunflowers this week from a friend in Grade 3 who brought in a few that he grew in his garden! After he shared them with us, we did a directed drawing of a sunflower 🌻
We often have a 'Friday Feeding' time where we sit around the carpet and feed Echo his super worms. This week Echo wanted to say a BIG thank you to LW for bringing him his favourite treat...a delicious blue hornworm! 🐛