Get your students excited about science! In this lesson, you will read a book to your students about performing an experiment and being a scientist. Then, your students will perform their own experiments.
Students will be able to describe and discuss their experiments and compare and contrast their activities to the activity in the book.
Introduction
(20 minutes)
Show your students the goggles, explaining that they protect eyes.
Explain that a scientist is someone who studies something, makes guesses about it, and then does an experiment to see if her guess is correct.
Tell your students that an experiment is a project where people can try something to see what happens.
Read If You Take a Mouse to School.
When you get to the page where the mouse is doing the experiment, point out the protective goggles.
Ask the students why they think he is wearing the protective goggles. Explain that the mouse’s experiment is very messy, and he needs to protect his eyes.
Read the book Scientists. Explain that there are many different kinds of scientists who study very different topics.