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Start-Up Activity
On sheets of scrap paper, have your students write "nutshell" reflections: "Write one sentence about an interesting scientific idea that you have learned in the last week." After students complete their one-sentence reflections, have them pass their papers to their right (or left, or behind, or before). Have each student read the reflection and add another sentence about the idea. Then have students pass these along, read the reflection, and add another sentence.
Afterward, lead a discussion about this activity:
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What interesting ideas did people write originally?
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What interesting ideas did others add?
Point out that writing allows one person to record an interesting scientific idea and pass it on to others, who learn from the idea and add to it. Writing helps scientists in many other ways, as well, which students will explore in this chapter.
Also direct students to the "Science" section of the Almanac (pages 563–567).
Think About It
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”
—Isaac Newton
Start-Up Activity
On sheets of scrap paper, have your students write "nutshell" reflections: "Write one sentence about an interesting scientific idea that you have learned in the last week." After students complete their one-sentence reflections, have them pass their papers to their right (or left, or behind, or before). Have each student read the reflection and add another sentence about the idea. Then have students pass these along, read the reflection, and add another sentence.
Afterward, lead a discussion about this activity:
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What interesting ideas did people write originally?
-
What interesting ideas did others add?
Point out that writing allows one person to record an interesting scientific idea and pass it on to others, who learn from the idea and add to it. Writing helps scientists in many other ways, as well, which students will explore in this chapter.
Also direct students to the "Science" section of the Almanac (pages 563–567).
Think About It
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”
—Isaac Newton
