Ch.4 Science as a Process

Chapter 4 had a lot of great ideas/activities that focus on developing process skills. I particularly liked the science notebooks and the Science Circus.

Science notebooks: Have students keep a notebook just for science. This will integrate writing and science, as well as art. Students can write reflections, ask questions, make predictions, sketch observations, and come to solutions/conclusions.

Science Circus: Set up several stations where students are asked to perform particular tasks and record their findings. Without realizing it, students use process skills when observing, inferring, measuring, recording, predicting, and investigating. Not to mention...it's FUN!