Calling All Scientists!
Optional Independent Project
We hope you enjoyed completing the 100th day project at home last month. As a class, we enjoyed taking a museum walk around all the first grade classrooms to see every child’s creative way to show 100! There was so much creativity and effort put into each project. Thank you for your support.
We have launched a new science unit this past month. Students are learning about the scientific method and have become scientists in the classroom as they explore light and sound waves. This inquiry based unit allows children to ask questions and investigate answers on their own. Students are learning to follow specific steps in the process:
- Ask A Question
- Make a Prediction
- Make a Plan and Follow It
- Observe
- Record Results
- Draw A Conclusion
Students have been very engaged in this unit and we’d love for them to share their learning at home. This home connection project will give students an opportunity to explore a question of their own, and develop a plan to investigate. This project is also optional and can be done as a family or individual.
We would like you to do the experiment at home and help your child share the results with their classmates. Your child can present it any way they would like, but we would like to see students demonstrate the steps in the scientific method (worksheet attached). Feel free to send pictures, videos, slideshows, make posters, or a write a journal entry about what they did and learned.
Check these websites for ideas for first grade projects https://www.education.com/science-fair/first-grade/
If you have any questions about this project, please send us an email. Remember, be creative and allow your child to use their sense of wonder to learn.
Have Fun!
The First Grade Team
**Please note that projects are due by Friday, April 7th, but if finished sooner, please send it in.
We will accept them anytime in APRIL!
