First Graders Can Do Science
Tue, Mar 29, 2016 11:13 PM
First Grade Scientists
This article tells the story of how the author began science inquiry projects with her first graders for a conference that was held in May. She spent the entire year preparing her students by creating testable questions, organizing their projects, investigating, and preparing their presentations. The conference was a success, and the students felt confident enough to answer questions about their projects because they developed the projects on their own. The students felt empowered!
I believe that this is a very informative article for any first grade teacher who is looking to begin science inquiry projects with his or her students. I agree that it is a frightening idea, but after reading the article I began to think of ways that I could do something similar in my first grade classroom. I agree that it would be a year-long task, but it makes me excited to think of all the reading, writing and math that would be integrated into inquiry projects