The Magnified World of Flowers - Elementary Science Inquiry

Watch your students light up as they dive into The Magnified World of Flowers. This introductory series to observations and data collection will have students utilizing scientific tools as they are introduced to new worlds that can only be seen when viewed through lenses that magnify! This science activity promotes math and literacy and encourages students to learn with and from nature.

Each download includes:

• Student booklet
• Teacher guide,
• Letter to parents
• Tips and links on how to create a nature collection for viewing

The student booklet is a tabbed design for lesson organization and station management. For each tabbed section, your junior scientists will:

• Observe a specimen using a stereo microscope, pocket microscope, digital microscope, or a magnifying glass
• Collect qualitative data (data which is collected using your senses – color, shape, texture, smell, etc.)
• Illustrate their field of view in color with as much detail as possible
• Recognize and record what magnification is being used
• Describe their observations using their best descriptive language

The Magnified World of Flowers includes the following tabs:

• Petal
• Stamen
• Pollen
• Pistil
• Sepal
• Stem
• Choose your own with “building connection” questions (see preview)

The Magnified World is PERFECT for your curious scientists and will nurture the following science inquiry skills:

• observe properties
• identify patterns
• compare and contrast
• record observations
• gather data
• understand form and function
• scientific drawing
• collect and analyze qualitative data

The Magnified World series also supports your students’ understanding of the following Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for elementary science:

• K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
• K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
• 1-LS3-1. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
• 2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants
• 3-LS3-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
• 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
• 5-LS1-1. Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

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