Science Skills Lesson Plan: Nature of Science
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Science Skills, and supports the standard of investigating questions about the natural world through free exploration and systematic observations. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Ask students:
- What is something you wonder about the ocean?
- How would you start to explore your question?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Science Skills movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about science skills while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw what you think will happen to a penny put into a cup of vinegar.
- Activity: Conduct an experiment to learn what happens when you add salt to water.
- Talk About It: Use your senses to observe an apple.
- Write About It: Write directions to test the prediction that a sugar cube will melt faster in warm water than in cold water.
More to Explore
Be a Scientist Unit: Continue to build understanding around the nature of science by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.
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