176 Plants: Supplemental Guide 8B | George Washington Carver
- Banshim likes to experiment with ways to make his sunflower plant
grow taller. - Tell your partner about a time you did an experiment. What were
you trying to find out? What happened? Or, tell your partner about
something you are curious about and would like to experiment. [You
may wish to remind students of experiments the class has done
together, e.g., “See Through” planter.] - What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: You usually do an
experiment when you want to find out more about something. I will tell you
several situations. If what I say is an experiment, say, “That is an experiment.”
If what I say is not an experiment, say, “That is not an experiment.” - George Washington Carver trying to find out which flowers need more
sunlight.- That’s an experiment.
- Mixing different colors together to see what color they make.
- That’s an experiment.
- Petting a horse.
- That is not an experiment.
- Using different-shaped bubble wands to see what kind of bubbles
they make.- That is an experiment.
- Eating your favorite food for lunch.
- That is not an experiment.
End-of-Lesson Check-In
Johnny Appleseed and George Washington Carver
Choose four students to focus on and record their scores on the Tens
Recording Chart. For this kind of informal observation, you should
give a score of zero, five, or ten based on your evaluation of students’
understanding and language use.
0 Emergent understanding and language use
5 Developing understanding and language use
10 Proficient understanding and language use