Scientific Observations

 

In our Organisms theme unit, we are learning to make accurate scientific drawings of the living and non-living things that we observe.  In class, we read Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Places by Jim Arnosky and then went on a (brief) nature walk.  When we returned to class, we made our first scientific drawing and gave one another feedback.

Then, we watched this video: "The Story of Austin's Butterfly" to learn how to give critical feedback and, more importantly, how to use that feedback to improve the accuracy of our scientific drawings.



After the video, we returned to our drawings to make improvements.  We are certainly on the right track to making accurate, scientific drawings in third grade!