Take a Close Look
Show students the jar of water that they looked at in activity What’s in the Jars? Ask students what they notice about the water in the jar. Students will make an entry in their science notebooks, carefully drawing what they see.
Let’s Make a Map
Students develop a map based on recent “water detective” explorations.
What’s in the Jars?
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.
Drawing from Description
Children will look closely at the parts of a small aquatic animal with a listening and drawing activity.
Aquatic Puzzles
Children assemble puzzles to learn about aquatic animals and their life cycles, exploring how living and nonliving things appear in water and how they change as they grow.