Scientific Skills Stations
Scientific Skills Stations
Station #1:Using the following items and pictures, develop a way to show another student the layout of our solar system.
What did you use to represent:
- Mercury: ______
- Venus: ______
- Neptune: ______
- Jupiter: ______
- Saturn: ______
- Earth: ______
- Uranus: ______
- Mars: ______
- The Sun: ______
Of the six scientific skills that are listed on your paper, which one did you think this station activity was a demonstration of? ______
WHY do you think this activity was a demonstration of this scientific skill? ______
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Station #2:Look at the pictures, and list what you think has happened based on your observations.
Picture #1: ______
Picture #2: ______
Picture #3: ______
Of the six scientific skills that are listed on your paper, which one did you think this station activity was a demonstration of? ______
WHY do you think this activity was a demonstration of this scientific skill? ______
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Station #3:Put the following items into THREE groups based on some sort of reasoning. Explain why you grouped the items in this way.
Which items did you group together: ______
WHY did you group these items together? ______
Which items did you group together: ______
WHY did you group these items together? ______
Which items did you group together: ______
WHY did you group these items together? ______
Of the six scientific skills that are listed on your paper, which one did you think this station activity was a demonstration of? ______
WHY do you think this activity was a demonstration of this scientific skill? ______
Station #4:Look at the pictures and write down what you think will happen and explain WHY you think that is going to happen.
Picture #1: What is going to happen? ______WHY do you think this is going to happen? ______
Picture #2: What is going to happen? ______WHY do you think this is going to happen? ______
Picture #3: What is going to happen? ______WHY do you think this is going to happen? ______
Of the six scientific skills that are listed on your paper, which one did you think this station activity was a demonstration of? ______
WHY do you think this activity was a demonstration of this scientific skill? ______
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Station #5:Look at the pictures and identify the differences between them.
Picture #1: What are the differences between the two pictures? ______
Picture #2: What are the differences between the two pictures? ______
Of the six scientific skills that are listed on your paper, which one did you think this station activity was a demonstration of? ______
WHY do you think this activity was a demonstration of this scientific skill? ______
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Station #6:Ask your group members the following questions and record your results of your group.
What is everyone’s favorite color? ______
How old is everyone in your group? ______
What elementary school did you all go to? ______
What food do you all like more, pizza or tacos? ______
What would be a more effective way to share this information with others? ______
Of the six scientific skills that are listed on your paper, which one did you think this station activity was a demonstration of? ______
WHY do you think this activity was a demonstration of this scientific skill? ______