What is Science?

Outline
Intro
-Idea or subject matter
-Goal and focus
Lesson
-Written explanation for the children
Application
-Crafts, activities

INTRO
     When teaching children about Environmental Science, you Must give the a basis of what science is. The best way to explain it to the children is to emphasis on what the word Science means and break that down for them. You will be opening their eyes to the world of Science. Your goal is for the student to understand the majority or the main entities of what Science involves. Through Observation, Data, Experimentation, and Recording, the natural world and us are a lot more closer and the children need to be closer to fully understand their impact in our world through Science. This is their introduction to our REAL world.

LESSON
     Good Morning kids! Does anyone know what science is? (Wait for response) Well, I'm going to tell you that Science is: Looking and Learning about anything Natural and writing down what you learned for others to see.  Something Natural, is something that Us (man) did not make.
     We use Science to answer questions about the World, Space, and us! When we want to know and learn about something natural, all the work we do to find the answer is called Science. It's taking steps looking and learning until you find out what you wanted to know. Something that helps us take those  steps is the Scientific Method.

The Scientific Method can be simplified like this:
1. Ask a Question.
2. Think and Find out something about it.
3. Make a good guess about what you think the answer might be.
4. Test your guess. Find different ways of testing your idea.
5. Take everything you found out and put it all together to get the best answer.
6. Then share your new Knowledge with others. Were you right about your guess?

 The work we do to find the answers is called Research, Test and Experiments. It is very important to write down everything you see when your doing a test or Experiment.  Sometimes we have to do a test more than once.  We often do many test to make sure we get the right answers. If your end results answer your question or tell you what you wanted to know, then your Science project is done!

APPLICATION
Classroom Activity- Learning to run Scientific Test with their Senses
- Take different Natural fruits to each table and ask them to describe what they See, Smell, Feel, Hear, and lastly Taste. Have the kids record their data with Drawings, Numbers, Colors and words if possible.

-What does it look like? What color? What kinda shape does it have?
-How does it feel like? Rough? Smooth? Bumpy?
-How does it smell? Fresh or stinky?
-Does it make any sounds? Seeds inside?
-What does it taste like? Is it sweet or salty?

Get the kids to verbally express their findings and ideas.

Give the kids worksheets that help them identify what is Natural and what is not. Also keep conversation up by pointing to different objects in the classroom and having them tell you if it is Natural or Not (Like a pencil, fish, carpet, toy, plant, etc).