Mystery Bag

Today in science, we started out the class by trying to figure out what is in a bag Dr. Smiranova brought. I was very interested in what was in the bag. First we had to make educated guesses on what we thought was in the bag. I shook the bag when it was my turn to feel the bag. I also squeezed this and heard a squeak. This lead me to believe there is some type of toy in the bag. This is a great activity to do with students because it teaches them to make educated guesses based on what they infer. It also is a great way to practice making hypothesis and to show that they hypothesis isn't always correct. It also is a great way to show that not everything in science is exact. 
We also had to think of different scientific myths. One of my myths was thinking that something like Star Wars existed. Kids often think that just because something is on television that it is real. This is not the case though. I also wrote down about the desert being so hot that you would melt if you ever visited. Kids will think myths like these are true until they are shown otherwise.