Scientists

This week I introduced the children to their science notebooks.  The science notebooks are going to help them become scientists this school year.  They are a great place to organize thoughts, make observations, and plan experiments.  One of the first things we did in them was share ideas of what scientists are.

Someone who studies things so we can learn.

A guy that does cool stuff and makes money doing science stuff.  Science is stuff that's blobby, cool, and gooey.

Wonderful and I like it!  Make potions!

They work together on experiments.

They work on experiment potions.

The astronauts went to outer space because they wanted to see God.  But they didn't see him because he's invisible.  So they touched a rock.  They saw the sun moon, and stars.

I don't know what a scientist is.

They make potions.  They're cool.

They can go to outer space and get cool stuff.  They don't have hair.

What my scientist can do is learn about how volcanos grow.

Soon we will talk about the tools that help scientists do their job.  Look for that next!