WHAT ARE ________ ?

A Concept Attainment Lesson

What are we talking about?

Soil Trees Cows

Cars Houses Hamburgers

Examples – things it is Non Examples – things it is NOT

Questions

How is the example group similar to the non example group?

How is the example group different from the non example group?

Tentative Hypothesis:

What are we talking about?

Soil Trees Cows Land Gold Coffee Beans

Cars Houses Hamburgers Schools Jewelry Coffee

Examples – things it is Non Examples – things it is NOT

New Tentative Hypothesis

Fill in this section. If your hypothesis has not changed, write the same thing you wrote before.

What are we talking about?

Soil Trees Cows Land Gold Coffee Beans Water Coal Sunlight

Cars Houses Hamburgers Schools Jewelry Coffee Cups Swimming Pools Fireplaces Roads

Examples – things it is Non Examples – things it is NOT

Finally:

Refine Hypothesis:

Define what it is:

Define what it is not:

Create your own examples and non examples

Wrap it Up

Read pages 2-3 in the Conservation magazine.

Complete your Skull Reflection – tape to page 35, fill in organizer based on what we have talked about in class today and what you read in the magazine.

If you’ve finished the reading and the Skull Reflection, you can flip through the rest of the magazine until class is over