Nurse Logs
A fallen tree that helps other things live and grow is called this.
What is a nurse log?
The name for the different things found in, on, or around a nurse log.
What are components?
A green fuzzy thing students focused on.
What is moss?
The plant used in the investigation by the scientist during lesson 4.
What is an inch plant.
A drawing or diagram students used to show ideas.
what is a model?
Identify one thing that students noticed growing on nurse logs.
What is...
Moss, fungi, small plants, insects, etc. ?
One thing students saw in the Nurse Log in a Box.
What is...
wood, bugs, fungi, moss, soil, etc.
A question that can be answered by observing or investigating.
What is a testable question?
Three things plants must have to grow.
What are air, water, and light.
What student used to support their claims.
What is evidence?
Name one reason a tree might fall.
What is...
wind, disease, old age, animals, fire.
One way students looked closely at nurse logs.
What is...
pictures, videos, or Nurse Log in a Box.
One testable question students asked about moss.
Examples:
"Does moss need water?"
"Is moss a plant?"
One thing the scientist changed in her investigation to test plant growth.
soil, water, light or air.
What plants gained when they grew bigger.
what is matter/weight?
Something students might find in their community that is also on nurse logs.
What is...
Moss, soil, plants, insects, etc.
One place students saw moss in their community.
What is...
Sidewalk, tree trunk, rock, roof, etc.
Plants grew even without this.
what is soil?
What students used to compare plant growth.
What is data (weights, or graphs)?
The drawing students made to show their first ideas.
What is an initial model?
A big idea students figured out: A nurse log has many parts working together.
What is a system? (Explained a "things working together")
One thing students noticed when observing moss up close.
What is...
tiny leaves, stems, moisture, color, etc.
Why there were three plants in each environment.
What is...
to make results more reliable?
What is a question about something they were unsure about or wanted to figure out?