Look around our classroom for a moment. What is one ordinary thing you hardly ever stop to look at?
Today we put on our STEM eyes for science, technology and engineering. Ordinary things hide secrets when we look carefully.
Watch me use STEM eyes on one living thing near us. Listen for all three while I look carefully:
I notice… It does… How could we find out…?
We are going on a short wonder walk of our school and grounds.
We stay together on the path we agree, so that everyone can hear the same finds. As we go, use your STEM eyes to hunt for one ordinary thing that is doing a job you never noticed, and be ready to say what you noticed, what it does, and one wonder about it. We will write it down carefully when we come back.
Your find is worth keeping — capture it so our class can use the question later.
Back inside, finish settling. On your Investigation Journal page, record one thing from the walk.
Write or draw: I noticed… It does… and How could we find out…? (turn your wonder into a simple question).
First job: each pair writes one how could we find out? question on a sticky note for our class wall.
While a few of us share a full find, listen for this: could we watch it, try something gentle, or ask someone? We are collecting good questions, not choosing a winner.
Today we used STEM eyes. We noticed something in our school world, said what it does, and turned a wonder into a how could we find out? question.
Look at our question wall. What ordinary thing did STEM eyes help you see today that you usually walk past? Which question might we watch for more than one day, or try next time we pass that object?
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