Curated OER
The Plastic Bag Greenhouse
Third graders observe plants and record their growth. They describe the parts of plants in detail including the roots, stems and leaves.
Curated OER
Can You See It, Touch It, Hear It?
Young scholars develop and practice observational skills through lab activity.
Curated OER
Egg Fun
Students complete experiments to find out if all eggs are same size, how they roll, and where is the air inside of the egg.
Curated OER
Investigation 4 - Plot Studies
Third graders use a plot map to study the plants and animals living in a small area of their environment.
Curated OER
Carbons to Computers - 1
Students gather and classify information from observation of photographs; to have students differentiate between fact and inference.
Curated OER
Turn on Inventiveness
Learners practice visualization through a fantasy trip and test their powers of observation by blindly identifying their own potatoes.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Descriptive vs. Comparative Investigations
In the following lesson students will learn the differences between descriptive and comparative investigations.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Arec: Model for Enhancing Science Literacy Using Field Geology
This course enhances science literacy by emphasizing the repeated practice of making observations, posing questions & developing hypotheses around a narrowly focused aspect of Minnesota Geology. Learners construct new knowledge using...
Other
The Evidence for Evolution: Biogeography
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. These pages are about the house sparrow and the differences that can be observed in it in different geographical...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Comparing Two Leaves
Working in pairs, students compare and contrast two different types of leaves through observations.
EL Education
El Education: The Pond Alphabet Book
Students make observations and collect specimens in a local pond and then create an alphabet field guide to demonstrate what they have learned. Alphabet pages are illustrated with original watercolor paintings.
EL Education
El Education: Trees for Everybody Meridian Hill Park Tree Field Guide
An online field guide entitled Trees are for Everybody by kindergarten students at the Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. The book contains student observations, photographs, and original illustrations which provide...