After looking at our dead raccoon, we decided to figure out what could happen to this raccoon on the side of the road. Students created their own individual models of this phenomenon, and then we shared out, creating a class ideas list to summarize our findings.
We realized we didn't really have any sort of agreement on what would happen to the raccoon. Additionally, we began thinking about two important ideas:
1. What would happen to this raccoon (or other type of animal we may have had experience with from our related phenomena list) if it was on a different type of surface, like the forest floor, the middle of the road, or in a pond?
2. If we all agreed the raccoon got smaller or "disappeared" and only part of it remained, like part of its body or only its fur or bones, why don't we see stuff like this ALL THE TIME?
We're beginning to generate questions we're wondering about...stay tuned! We'll be setting up our Driving Question Board soon!
1. What would happen to this raccoon (or other type of animal we may have had experience with from our related phenomena list) if it was on a different type of surface, like the forest floor, the middle of the road, or in a pond?
2. If we all agreed the raccoon got smaller or "disappeared" and only part of it remained, like part of its body or only its fur or bones, why don't we see stuff like this ALL THE TIME?
We're beginning to generate questions we're wondering about...stay tuned! We'll be setting up our Driving Question Board soon!