Close your eyes for a moment. What can you still notice? A sound in the room? The feel of the chair? A smell from lunch?

Scientists use their senses carefully to find things out. Today we investigate like scientists.

On the board is a child figure. Labels: eyes, ears, nose, hands. Help us put each label on the part we use for that sense. Which part helps us hear? Which helps us feel if something is rough?

Now look carefully at this leaf or scrap of fabric. What do your eyes notice when you slow down?

Three stations are ready. Take your Investigation Journal page with you.

Your group will visit each station. When you hear the clap or timer, move to the next one.

The card on your table tells you what to do at that station, and the science words you can use are on the cards beside it. The board lists everything set out for the whole round.

Look back at the notes and drawings on your Investigation Journal page from the stations.

For each one you still have, name the sense you used, then write your careful observation in science words. Use the word bank on the board if you need help.

Let's share like scientists.

What careful observation did your group make at the touch station? At the sound station? At the smell station?

Which science words helped most? Did anyone's observation surprise the group?