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Day 1 – I am a Scientist

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  • Overview Guide
  • Heredity and Life Cycles
    • Unit Overview
    • Daily Activities
    • Inquiry Circle Resources
  • Investigating Producers in Ecosystems
    • Unit Overview
    • Daily Activities
    • Inquiry Circle Resources
  • Interdependence among organisms
  • Activities 1-5
      • Day 1 – Introduction to Being a Scientist
      • Day 1 – I am a Scientist
      • Day 2 – Preparing for Research
      • Day 2 – What’s the Green Stuff in the Jar?
      • Day 3 – Tools that Help Us
      • Day 3 – What Do We Know About the Green Substance?
      • Day 4 – Recording Information
      • Day 4 – What Makes a Good Science Question?
      • Day 5 – What Conclusions Can You Draw?
      • Day 5 – What Question Will You Investigate?
  • Activities 6-10
      • Day 6 – Drawing Conclusions from Observations
      • Day 6 – What Kind of Information Will I Collect?
      • Day 7 – Identifying Important Information
      • Day 7 – What Tools do Scientists Use?
      • Day 8 – Examining Details
      • Day 8 – Setting Up Student Investigations
      • Day 9 – Connecting As Scientists
      • Day 9 – Why Do Certain Organisms Live in the Same Place?
      • Day 10 – Be a Citizen Scientist
      • Day 10 – Why Are Producers So Important?
  • Activities 11-15
      • Day 11 – Should I Stay or Should I Go? Part 1
      • Day 11 – Who are the Producers in Aquatic Ecosystems?
      • Day 12 – Should I Stay or Should I Go? Part 2
      • Day 12 – What Is Algae?
      • Day 13 – Look Closely
      • Day 13 – How Can Changes in a Food Chain Affect an Ecosystem?
      • Day 14 – Inherited Butterfly Wing Characteristics – Part 1
      • Day 14 – What is Scientific Evidence?
      • Day 15 – Inherited Butterfly Wing Characteristics – Part 2
      • Day 15 – Analyzing the Data
  • Activities 16-20
      • Day 16 – What Patterns Do You See?
      • Day 16 – What is a Science Meeting?
      • Day 17 – Butterfly Offspring – Part 1
      • Day 17 – Preparing for the Science Meeting
      • Day 18 – Butterfly Offspring – Part 2
      • Day 18 – Preparing for the Science Meeting, Part 2
      • Day 19 – Culminating Activity
      • Day 19 – The Science Meeting
      • Day 20 – Presentation Day
      • Day 20 – Making Connections
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