Digital Science Inquiry Lesson Plan | Observation and Inference Holiday Activity

An exciting Christmas themed mini-inquiry science lab! Teach and reinforce good observation and inference skills in this fun easy to prep activity. Your students will love solving the mystery of the candy cane crime! Perfect for forensic units, inquiry units, and the holiday season.

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ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

This is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses candy canes! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short newspaper article about a candy cane criminal who is sneaking into Santa's Toy Shop and destroying candy canes. Next, students get to put their observation and inference skills to work to help the investigative team make observations and inferences about how six candy canes were destroyed. This activity is fun to do right before winter break!

This lab is easy to modify to fit the level of your students. It is readily adaptable for students who need more support and equally easy to modify for students who are ready for increased challenge.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Teacher directions (includes ideas for breaking candy canes)
• Student observation and inference data sheet
• Observation and inference practice sheet (full color and black and white)

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

• Candy canes (approximately 6, but can use more or less)

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• Science Inquiry Resources
• Science Inquiry Lab Observation Guide

Created by Classroom 214

Click here to follow my store to hear about new products and sales. New products are 50% off for the first 24 hours.An exciting Christmas themed mini-inquiry science lab! Teach and reinforce good observation and inference skills in this fun digital activity. Your students will love solving the mystery of the candy cane crime! Perfect for forensic units, inquiry units, and the holiday season. Use with Google™ Slides.

This is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses candy canes! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short newspaper article about a candy cane criminal who is sneaking into Santa's Toy Shop and destroying candy canes. The police are hoping that if they can figure out how the vilian is breaking the candy canes it can lead to a break in the case. At this point students get to put their observation and inference skills to work to help the investigative team make observations and inferences about how six candy canes were destroyed. This activity is fun to do right before winter break!

This lab is easy to modify to fit the level of your students. It is readily adaptable for students who need more support and equally easy to modify for students who are ready for increased challenge.

Looking for additional inquiry resources? Check out the Science Inquiry section of my store!

Enhance the quality of your student's observations during this activity with the Science Inquiry Lab Observation Guide. Making high quality detailed observations is an important first step to any scientific investigation.

Created by Classroom 214

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