Observation

Science Experiences

by Jeanne Bendick

Suggests activities to strengthen one's powers of observation and ability to make correct inferences.

71 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1972

About the author

Jeanne Bendick was born February 25, 1919, in New York City. When she was growing up, her grandfather taught her how to draw. He often took her to the American Museum of Natural History in New York to see the different kinds of art.

In her books, Jeanne Bendick liked to make her drawings very simple. In many of her books, she helps her readers see how science is a part of everyday life. With her words and pictures, she takes things that are complicated and makes them easy to understand.

Jeanne Bendick wrote over 100 books and also wrote filmstrip and television scripts.

Reviews

[Anne Veronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an awesome book that gradually covers all the steps of the scientific method. It begins with a discussion about what observation is and the different aspects we can observe of various things. It talks about the importance of comparisons and of having previous experience in order to compare. It talks about making inferences based on observations, about asking questions after you observe, and about keeping a record of your observation and experiment. It also shows various important tools for observations. The book makes doing science seem fun and exciting. Many of the simply-drawn illustrations are interactive and require the reader to practice using his or her observational skills. The book offers many opportunities for students to think for themselves and make guesses or explain things. The book does an excellent job of describing how to do science, giving opportunities for readers to do it, and making it exciting. I only wish it would have explicitly explained why all of these observations and experiments are important and given some examples.