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Observing Properties; NSRC Science and Technology for Children
 Lesson
at a Glance:
Curriculum: NSRC Science and Technology for Children,
Solids and Liquids, Carolina Biological Supply Company
Grade: First
Topic: Observing Properties
Prior to teaching Lesson 2, Observing Properties, Cindy had
introduced Observing and Describing Two Solids, a lesson that allows the
children to concentrate on just two objects while developing their vocabulary
for description. Afterwards, they will move on to subsequent lessons in
which they will test the rolling and stacking ability, as well as hardness,
of solids before exploring how they behave when they interact with liquids.
In
Lesson 2, Cindy introduced the students to a variety of solid objects
and asked them to use their senses to sort them, while thinking about their
like and unlike properties. She then guided them in a discussion in which
they explained the criteria they used for their sorting schemes.
As the
lesson progressed, their teacher was impressed by how sophisticated their
schemes became: “When children were organizing and classifying
the objects to begin with, they were using a lot of colors, a lot of
shapes, and they’re very visual. But then they really began to think
more, and to discuss and listen to each other about what they were finding,
and
ultimately changed their groupings according to function and what the
materials were they were made out of.”
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