It was a nice, sunny, warm day, so I thought I'd have class outside. We had been talking about life science and food chains and adaptations and so forth, so I had an idea. Any idea, really, just to get us out of the room.
I gave each kid a pencil, paper, and a magnifying glass. Each kid got their own square foot section of playground. Their instructions were to look closely in that square foot and write down or draw as many organisms as they could find. The idea was to get them to look deeper and notice that nature is more than trees and deer.
They searched for a few minutes with some mild discoveries. One little girl was amazed with a dead beetle she found. She ended up having to take it home to show mommy. I know mommy will be every bit as thrilled as the little girl.
Anyways, one little boy got really excited when a gnat landed on his paper. "I don't even have to look in the grass. Nature is coming to me!"
I reminded him to write down gnat on his paper.
"Naw" he said. "I'm gonna trace it."
Trace. A gnat. Ok.
He put his pencil down. Frowned. Pulled his pencil back up and studied the tip.
"Hmm. Squished it. Guess you're not supposed to trace gnats." he concluded.
Fast learner, I was impressed. The gnat was not quite as impressed.
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