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Could It Be True?

Pick a small-scaled environment and make up your own question.

Example: Take a clothes hanger and shape it into a square. Put it outside in an area that is not used and place it under a tree, in the sand, or just about anywhere you would like. Then observe. What changes do you observe? Did a leaf blow in, or a piece of trash? Changes can be both small and large.

Observe carefully for about fifteen minutes a day.

Materials:

  • Magnifying glass
  • Hanger
  • Journal
  • Pen or pencil
  • Thermometer

Record the details in a jounal.

Record information like the following:

My Question:

 

My Hypothesis:

 

Materials:

 

 

My Plan:

 

 

 

 

See

 

 

Smell

 

 

Feel

 

 

Hear

 

 

My Results:

 

 

 

 

 

 

What did I find out?

 

 

My New Question:

 

 
 

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Updated March 1, 2005 by: Glen Westbroek

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