This investigation allows students an opportunity to share their thinking. First, they practice in the classroom and then share their thinking and work as part of a classroom and/or whole school celebration of the Alaska Seas and Watersheds Curriculum.
Children collaborate to create a mural of an aquatic environment, representing sea creatures and natural elements. They explore textures, colors, and shapes, using descriptive language to explain their artistic choices and share their learning.
Students will create a mini-book in pairs, describing the textures of living and nonliving things in water. They will match materials to textures like rough, smooth, or soft, and explain their choices in class.
In this 2-3 day investigation, children explore tiny plants, animals, and nonliving things in water. They listen to a read-aloud, explore learning centers, role play, and create a Sea Soup recipe.
This activity requires a jar of water collected from a local outdoor source (ocean, pond, river) and a jar of land (soil and rocks), and allows children to begin the scientific questioning process.