Properties


 * Give each student a gobstopper.
 * Have them record properties in their science journal.
 * Next have them place the gobstopper in their mouth and take it out at 1 minute intervals, recording the changes in their science journals.
 * After the activity, have students discuss their observations and generate related testable questions.

Classifying Shoes Have the class sit in a circle and each student take off one shoe. Then put the shoes in a pile in the middle of a circle. Have the student take turns dividing up the piles of shoes by one property. White shoes vs colored shoes. They would then continue to divided up the groups of shoes until there are no other ways to divide them. Example: White shoes no laces, White shoes laces, Colored shoes laces, colored shoes no laces

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