10/2/08 Mystery Boxes

Today in science class, we viewed and discussed a powerpoint on chapters 3 and 4 of Ready, Set, Science. After that, we did an activity with mystery boxes. We had a big sheet of white paper and had to draw a box in the middle and then lines to each corner to create five different boxes. Then we were given small black boxes that had mystery items in each one. We had to investigate each mystery box and write down our observations in our box on the white sheet of paper. I thought that there were toy cars in two of the boxes because they were heavier and seemed to roll around pretty easily. After we had all written down our observations, we discussed in our groups what we thought was in each box. After our group discussions, we came together as a class and discussed what we thought was in each box. It ended up that each box had a marble and some cardboard pieces in it. The pieces of cardboard were in different places within the box though.
Overall, it was a very fun and exciting activity.