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September 2023
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Students will identify steps scientists use to conduct investigations as they read about a scientist of the rainforest canopy.
Reading Level:
Lexile: 410L; GRL: K
Next Generation Science Standards:
Practice 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
2-LS4-1: Observe Plants and Animals and the Diversity of Life in Their Habitats
Vocabulary:
rainforest, canopy, observe, record
Use these questions to check students’ understanding and stimulate discussion:
1. What did Nalini do as a kid? (She climbed trees.)
2. What did she become when she grew up? (A tree scientist)
3. Did other scientists tell her to climb tall trees? (No)
4. Draw what Nalini found when she climbed to the top of the trees.
Go online to print or project the Reading Checkpoint.
Materials: A tree you can observe, pencils, clipboards, copies of the skill sheet (Optional: hand lens)
Overview: Kids become tree scientists like Nalini as they observe and record their observations of a tree.
Directions: