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29,965 Observation Lesson Plans
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- 9th - 11th
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Students choose a subject or setting that be suitable for them to observe for the entire school year. They are encouraged to pick a site that they have ready access to and that they believe be interested in. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students differentiate between observation and inference using a photograph of an Algonkian boat building and colonial coins. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students interpret a poem before completing activities to distinguish observations and interpretations. They examine how personal background can influence how a person interpreters what they observe. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students play the role of naturalist in their own community just as Thoreau was in his. They observe their communities looking for positive and negative aspects on the environment. They work together in groups to complete a model for their community. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students attain data using their senses. They record information. They develop observation skills and explore how to investigate. They gain appreciation for nature through their observations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students are given opportunities to examine photographs and sequence of events as well as make experimental observations. These activities focus students' attention on some but not all scientific processes while students conduct, evaluate and communicate results of investigations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students are introduced the skill of inference and how it helps in the progress of scientific inquiry.They rotate through six stations that challenge them to make observations and then draw inferences from their observations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students examine a variety of leaves. In groups or individually, they write down their observations on each leaf type and compare them to each other. To end the lesson, they share their observations with the class and draw the leaves. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Student observe two cups, one slightly smaller and skinnier than the other, with one put inside the other. The cups are turned upside-down and the smaller one is caught as it falls out of the larger cup. The larger cup is filled up about half way with water and the smaller cup is smooshed into the larger until they fit together. The cups are turned upside-down and then let go of the bottom. The smaller cup should stay in the larger. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students are given the assignment to make observations of normal everyday items and then record the data using the five senses. They start the lesson by describing what another person looks like and the teacher does an informal assessment of observation skills. Full Review »

