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Bert and Ernie's Science Experiment

From Sesame Street

Bert and Ernie's Science Experiment
3 minK1st2ndScience
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Summary

A short Sesame Street segment about running a simple experiment. Quick enough to open a science block and concrete enough to anchor what comes next.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This segment is about running a simple experiment.

  1. What did you notice first?
  2. What did the characters find out?
  3. What questions do you still have?
  4. Where could we look outside to see this ourselves?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: observe, describe, notice, question.

Try it: Draw what you saw and label two parts of it.

Bert and Ernie's Science Experiment — TV on a Rolling Cart