Cracy

Science Observation

Science exists everywhere we go, everything that we use, everything that we hear, even the whole universe has to do with science. How cars starts their engine and run, how water we drink consist of hydrogen and oxygen that we human needs in order to survive, how we can tell time because of rotation of the sun and earth, how shampoo that we use consist of science to cleanse our hair and even more infinite things involved with science. It is important for students to learn about science, because we are living in a place that science is everywhere. To get students to learn about the concept of science, teachers has to come up with activities and lessons to teach children in best possible way. Students’ learning is greatly influenced by how they are taught. Students should be given many opportunities to expand on their knowledge as well. Through out few weeks observing different grade classroom, I felt welcomed. As I walk in to the classroom, I saw the classroom covered with students’ work and many posters with different facts and interesting information. Some were made from students during the science lessons and some were just posters with science facts. Having to see students’ work displayed and information that teacher had put up gave me an idea of ways to expose students to science in different ways. My first observation took a place in third grade classroom. Teacher first started out by showing three different plants that students had previously planted. Teacher asked students about why three plants are different in their heights. Students already had a lesson over soils, so they were able to answer the question. Teacher went on and stated “Soil effects plant’s growth. Sand, red, and dark brown soils are different because they are different kinds of soil. Plant needs good soil as well as right amount of water to grow.” Students responded to teacher’s statement by adding how their parent buys a soil from the store