Try these free-worksheets to print for extra Science fun!You can print these free-worksheets to use when you are looking for some creative ideas to supplement your Science fun! OBSERVATION is an important and fundamental Science skill but it needn't be mundane nor boring in order to be effective. Try some of these ideas with your young Scientists and you'll soon find the whole family wanting to get in on the fun!
Click our FREE CHART link below and either save a copy of the file to your computer for later use...or print one copy for each of your students right here from our site by right-clicking on the chart and selecting "print". Now they can record their data throughout this observation activity in the months ahead! We've saved you time by creating the chart FOR YOU! And don't worry about trying to remember the instructions! We've copied those for you as well! You'll find a link below! The purpose of this free-worksheets activity is to teach your children how to record observations in an organized manner over an extended period of time. For added fun, allow everyone to make a prediction at the start of this activity and see if anyone's guess is correct at the end! Kids LOVE to see how tall they are getting and if you have several children close in age, it almost becomes a race to see who grows the most in a year! Decide how often you will measure the children. (Two month intervals seems to work well.) Find a place that has a flat, blank surface where you won't mind markings on the wall. (We use the inside of our front closet door!) Every two months use a measuring tape or yard stick and mark the heights of each child on the wall or door. Add the appropriate name by each measurement. Now have the kids record their own height in their personal journal. Make sure they have added the date next to the measurement (Two columns works well for this) You can be more creative if you like by allowing the kids to keep track of EVERYONE'S height in the journal...or by adding things such as shoe size or clothing size to the list of measurements. Add a little MATH FUN by having the kids figure out how much they have grown since the first measurement was taken! This activity lasts all year and don't worry about forgetting ... Your kids will be sure to remind you that it's TIME TO MEASURE!
Observation involves more than just SEEING. All of our senses are involved. Learning to LISTEN is a valuable skill and helps children to develop not only good scientific skills, but good communication skills as well! While this activity is best done outdoors, it is not necessary and can be carried out anywhere you choose. More free-worksheets coming soon! Have the students sit apart from one another, very still, very quiet, with their eyes CLOSED. For the next two minutes, they are to do nothing but LISTEN! Remind them that the point of the exercise is to try to remember as much of what they hear as possible. They should not comment out loud as they go along, but silently keep the sounds they hear in mind. When the two minutes are up, invite each student to write a list of every sound they heard. Children too young to write can still take part in this activity by dictating their sounds to an older brother or sister (or MOM) for recording on paper. Repeat this exercise from time to time and see if listening skills improve. (It might be fun to save each list and compare them at a later date. It's also fun to compare the list to others, seeing how many people hear the same things.) NOTE: You can make a game of this activity by playing it like Boggle...the items heard are read aloud at the end...and any item on the paper of someone else must be crossed off. The winner is the person who has the most items left on their list!
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Looking for some more Science fun and innovative ideas for learning? Learn for Your Life website has LOTS to offer! Visit their Matchcard Science Unit Studies page and take a look at a program designed for students in grades 3 through 8. Based on the Learning Tree system of study, these Unit Studies are wonderful for families with children of different age levels for they are adaptable and easy to use!
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