Teaching Science in First Grade: How to Get Kids Thinking Like Scientists 318
Podcast: One Tired Teacher With Trina Deboree ยท Trina Deboree
Opublikowano: 2026-10-26
๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ. What if students actually had opportunities to think like scientistsโobserving, questioning, investigating, gathering evidence, and figuring things out for themselves? In this episode of ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐, I'm sharing a simple structure for teaching science in first grade that turns science lessons into investigations. ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. Instead of beginning a science lesson by explaining the concept, students begin with something they need to figure outโa mystery, an unusual photograph, something that changed, or a question they can't immediately answer. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ: ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ โ Give students something worth figuring out. ๐ต๏ธ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ โ Observe clues, notice patterns, and ask questions. ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ โ Use nonfiction reading, vocabulary, books, or videos to gather information. ๐งช ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ โ Observe, test, compare, sort, and collect evidence. ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ โ Make a claim and support it with evidence. ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฆ