Slim the Lizard Science Experiment

Science fun!!!  The first story in our reading series is called David's New Friend - it is about David and his first day at school. There is a pet lizard in his new class named Slim. One of our first science standards is to learn about science and the scientific method - so we decided that it would be fun to do an experiment with Slim. We purchased lizards that you can put into the water and they grow. (You can just google "growing lizard" and find the different places to purchase the lizard). I got mine at Steve Spangler. The students loved it. This is Slim on our first day. On day one we did the Purpose, Hypothesis, Procedure and Day One observations. We observed him for the next five days.

 

We looked at Slim, weighed him, measured him, and passed him around to record how he felt. Then, we recorded our observations and drew a picture.

Here is Slim on Day 5. My how he's grown!

This is a fun experiment to teach students about the steps in the scientific method. Here's the booklet I made to record each day. It's a freebie - have fun!

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