What do we see in the sky?

FOCUS QUESTION* (Big Idea)

What do we see in the sky?

 

PREDICTION/ HYPOTHESIS*

If we see the gray clouds in the sky, then it will  rain outside.

—If we don’t see clouds, then it will not rain outside.

—If we could touch the clouds in the sky, then they would feel fluffy.

 

PLANNING   

—First, we have to use our four senses to observe the sky

—Then, we will draw what we see in the sky

—Next, we will make what we saw in the sky

 

 DATA*

Questions: What do you think the cloud may feel like?

What do you think the clouds would look like?

The importance of this part is to ask inquiry questions in order to expand the students' thinking

Answers to what a cloud may feel like.... fluffy, wet, nothing, cotton, like air

Answers to what clouds would look like.... white, cotton balls, gray, dark, stretched out

 

CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE*

1. We thought clouds would feel fluffy, but we experimented by touching the fog from the fog machine, and could only feel moisture.

—2. We thought that if we looked outside that we would see many different shapes, colors, and sizes of clouds. We were correct, when we made our picture in class no two groups had the same kinds of clouds. There were many different shapes, sizes, and colors of clouds.
3. We thought that we would be able to hold a cloud in our hands, but we were incorrect. When we tried to hold the fog from the fog machine we could not grasp it

 

CONCLUSION/REFLECTION*

We learned that even though clouds look thick and fluffy, you can't really hold them because they are made of water like fog.

 

**QUESTIONS: What happens to the things in the sky when it goes from day to night?