SuitabookExplore Spring
Maxine Anderson
- Reading
- Choose one observation project and one experiment, keeping a shared record of predictions, what happens and what remains uncertain. Discuss how careful measuring or repeated watching can improve an explanation.
- Themes
- Learning through investigation: Readers are invited to act as field scientists by recording plant growth, measuring soil temperature, identifying trees and investigating air and water. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Attention to living systems: The activities include spring peepers, tadpoles, seeds, plant growth, birds, migration and nest building. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Plan to accompany activities that involve outdoor observation, living things, soil or simple experiments. The book’s practical breadth may work best when an adult helps choose manageable projects and discusses what the observations show.