Our class’s recent project was writing a biography of a Famous Scientist that we could choose. Examples are Jane Goodall, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and many more. The project was from a minimum of 3 to 5 or more pages. We also had to do a works cited page. If you do not know it, that is a bibliography where we wrote all our sources that we used to get all our information. Maybe this part was boring, but it was also pretty fun.
In class we also had some tests, like one on the many types of scientists. First we had to do a worksheet and look for all the types of scientists and then we had to study about 20 or so, but it was easy because we learned mnemonics, memory tricks. An ichthyologist studies fish and fish are icky, so we could remember that. Do you know what an ornithologist studies? No? Yes? Well, I first thought it was a person who studies “ornithorincos,” or in English “platypuses.” No. An ornithologist is a person who studies birds. Birds have nothing to do with platypuses. We remembered that because the whole in a birdhouse is shaped like the letter “o” and ornithologist starts with that letter.
We also studied observations and inferences recently. You are probably wondering what those things are. Maybe you think they are very hard words but, “No way Jose.” They are, “easy peasy lemon squeezy.” We learned that we make observations using our 5 senses. You use logic. Our teacher gave us a candy (we did not know what it was) and with our eyes closed we needed to feel it, listen to it, and smell it. Then we could see it. The fun part was we ate it and tasted it. An inference is an explanation of an observation. It is what you think or imagine about the object or picture. The candy tasted good and the class was excited about the candy. Those are inferences from observing.
I could tell you much more, but I think you will not want to hear it because you will feel VERY JEALOUS. I hoped you enjoyed reading and I hope that you know that we love this class and our teacher.
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