Marbles, Tracks, and Ramps

1. Marbles, Tracks, and Ramps By Dale Blaess & Judy Calabretta

2. Text Features of Non-Fiction • Bold words • Index • Glossary Table of Contents Labeling diagrams Captions Heading

3. Text Features of Non-Fiction

4. Science Workshop Mini-lesson Exploration Time Meeting Time Scientist’s Notebook

5. Focus Question • Where do questions come from? • Researchable • Investigable • Data • Conclusion (Claims and Evidence) • Flap Inquiry

6. Facts Questions Responses (FQR)

7. What is a Scientist?ByBarbara Lehn

8. ScienceNotebooks K-2 Use legal size paper to create a flap on the end.

9. Science Notebook

10. Inquiry Lessons Lesson 1: What will make the marble roll? Lesson 6: How many hills and valleys can you include and still have the marble reach the end of the track? Lesson 11: What do you need to do to keep the marble moving on the track?

11. Make and Take

12. Resources www.ebecri.org Lehn, Barbara. What Is a Scientist?,The Millbrook Press, 1998 Swartz, Shook, Klein, Moon, Bunnell, Belt, Huntley. Guided Reading and Literacy Centers. Dominie Press, Inc., 2003 Miller, Debbie. Reading with Meaning. Stenhouse Publishers, 2002 Blevins, and Larwa. You Can Use a Magnifying Glass, Children’s Press, 2004 Burton, French, and Jones. Children as Young Scientists. Benchmark Education Company, 1999 Trumbauer, Lisa. Everyone Is a Scientist. Capstone Press, 2000 Zimmermann and Hutchins. 7 Keys to Comprehension, Three Rivers Press, 2003 Hughes, Monica. Snails, Raintree, 2004 Trumbauer, Lisa. What Is Friction? Chidren’s Press, 2004 Trumbauer, Lisa. What Is Gravity? Chidren’s Press, 2004 Balance and Motion, Delta Education, 2001 Trumbauer, Lisa. Balance and Motion. Newbridge Educational Publishing,1997