Lesson Plan I: Journaling Inferences

Nature Journaling Lesson Plan I

a. Grade/age level

Sixth Grade

b. Background material

Student should have knowledge of change in natural surroundings.

c. Objectives

-make observations

-seek inferences

-make predictions

d. Materials needed

colored pencils

markers

ruler

pencil

11” X 16” Sheet of paper (fold and label see below)

e. Anticipatory Set (Introduction)

Have the students note movements and sounds. They should record observations in the top corner of their paper (4-7 minutes).

f. Description of activity

Discuss the cause for these movements and why it is important to keep records as a scientist. Note ways scientists keep records. Let a student point out our science lab journals. Pass examples around from Keeping a Nature Journal. Discuss. Have the students review cause/effect as a relationship to seen/inferred/prediction.

Expected goals: Explore two seen/inferred/prediction relationships.

Record the relationships in words and pictures.

Review rubric

g. Review/summary/closing

What is the importance of making these types of observation?

What can you take from these observations into other classes?

h. Method of assessment

Rubric will consist of four elements: description suing creative lively words, evidence for detail in drawings, appropriate subject material, neatness in folding.

i. Enrichment (interdisciplinary connections)

Have students use writing and artistic skills from other discipline (basic level).

Seek to questions from observations and write from experiences what was learned.

Form poems based on aspects of the task.

Find historical ties to area of observation.

Wind Horn Hole	Example In Words	Example In Pictures
Seen	Leaves moving
Inferred	Wind blows
Prediction	Storm is coming

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