First Day Of Fieldwork!

Fieldwork Day 1

On Thursday, my class had our first day of fieldwork at Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary School with the sixth grade class. I have never been to this school before, so it was fun to be in a new setting. This class consists of 19 unique students. 

For this class, our group's goal was to get to know our 

students and see what they know about rocks. To accomplish this goal we first introduced ourselves and then asked the students to say 

their name and something about themselves or a hobby they like to do. Next, we had each student write down a fact they knew about rocks from their prior knowledge and then place it on the poster we made consisting of a bubble map about rocks. Then, we shared the pictures from the book A Rock Is Lively and asked our students what they observed as scientists. The students were very observant and pointed out the fact that rocks can be classified based on their characteristics. The students found the rock that looked like a watermelon the most intriguing because they had never seen that before! Finally, we had each student draw on one half of a paper a picture of a rock based on their prior knowledge and what they had seen in class that day. Eventually on the other half of the paper we will have the students write down something they have learned about rocks to go along with their drawing. 

This was a successful first day of fieldwork and our students enjoyed the activities that we did! I am looking forward to working with this class throughout fieldwork and watching them reach their goals while having fun exploring science!