Shapes in Nature
Shapes in Nature
Shapes in Nature
Shapes in Nature Materials included: • • • • • • •
Glossary handout Shapes Tally Chart handout Spiderweb handout Bird Data handout String Pipe cleaners Coffee filters
Materials not included: • • • •
Writing supplies Coloring supplies Paper Sticks (three per Girl Scout)
Welcome: Let’s make the Girl Scout sign and say the Girl Scout Promise and Girl Scout Law together. Would anyone like to lead it? Introduction and icebreaker: Today we’re going to find shapes in nature! How do you like to spend time outside? Activity 1: Go on a scavenger hunt. Supplies: Shapes Tally Chart handout, writing supplies Shapes are important parts of math. They’re everywhere. You can find them in all kinds of things. Natural objects are things from nature. These are things like plants, animals, mountains, lakes, sand, planets, and rocks. When people go out in nature, they might write about or draw what they see. These kinds of writing are called field notes. You can make tally marks or lines to track what you see, too. You can count your tally marks to find out how many natural objects you saw in all. Go outside. Look for natural objects. Draw each thing you see. What shape is it? Add a tally mark for that shape in the Shapes Tally Chart. Activity 2: Make a bar graph. Supplies: Paper, writing supplies, coloring supplies You made tally marks in step 1. Each tally mark stood for a natural object shape. Each tally mark is also a piece of data.