It is 7:00 am in the morning here in New Orleans. That means it is 8:00 in the morning at Fernbrook. You are just getting to school and I am getting ready to go to the lab. The lab is a place at Tulane University where the scientists do experiments.
Now they are studying caterpillars and what might have happened to the number of caterpillars after Hurricane Katrina. Did their numbers increase? Decrease? Stay the same? What do you think happened?
You can make a guess about what happened. The word in Spanish is "Una adivinanza"
Scientists use the word hypothesis to mean "a guess, using some information they have"
Today we will work with the scientists in the lab.
We will classify the insects there using different criteria.
Activity: Write the word hypothesis and copy the definition given here. Then make a hypothesis about the following......
1. Will it rain today? What information do you have to support your hypothesis?
2. Will Ms. Drucker become a famous singer and leave her job in Fernbrook? What information do you have to support your hypothesis?
Now....Stay tuned to find out about the hypothesis the scientists are making about the caterpillars. ( and remember caterpillars are not gracious guests to host trees)
Meet the other teachers working with me here in New Orleans, check out their websites and get to know the scientists. Click here
http://www.earthwatch2.org/lff/neworleans07/
Pictures are on the way.......
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