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September 2022
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will identify steps that scientists use to conduct an investigation.
Next Generation Science Standards:
Practice 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
K-LS1 Animals’ Survival Needs
1-LS1 How Animals Use External Parts to Survive
Vocabulary:
question, observe, record, conclusion
Check comprehension and inspire discussion.
1. What did Becky need to find out? (what kind of leaves a sloth eats.)
2. How did Becky find out what kind of leaves sloths eat? (She observed sloths in the jungle.)
3. How did she use her notebook? (She used it to record what she observed.)
4. What conclusion did Becky make about the kind of leaves sloths eat? (Sloths eat cecropia leaves.)
Go online to print or project the Reading Checkpoint.
Materials: clipboards, pencils, copies of the skill sheet (optional: hand lenses)
Overview: Like Becky the sloth scientist, students will go outside, find an animal to observe, and record what it does. (Alternate: Observe a tree or other item in nature, or use animal photos/videos indoors.)
Directions: