Investigation 1: Pushing the Envelope

This lesson was especially difficult for my students. Most students do not send letters and are not familiar with postal procedures. I found I had to spend time filling in the background knowledge so they could make simple inferences. For instance; two stamps are needed for heavier mail; postmarks tell us which post office the mail was sent from; the address on the top left corner is from the sender, but does not always indicate the address the letter was sent from...
As we moved through the lesson, more students began to understand observations, but we still need to work on basing inferences on particular observations as opposed to making general guesses.

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Welcome to my Earth History Blog. Join me and my classes as we tackle the investigations in the FOSS kit this year in 6th grade science at PS duPont Middle School.