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Today you may “walk on the back of a beetle, slide down the throat of a foxglove, wade through the hairs on a bean sprout, or traipse over the back of your own hand.” (Ruef, 2003, p. 3). How to “LOUPE”. Hold the loupe so the wide end cups the eye It must touch the bones around the eye - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Today you may“walk on the back of a beetle, slide down the throat of a foxglove, wade through the hairs on a bean sprout, or traipse over the back of your own hand.”
(Ruef, 2003, p. 3)
How to “LOUPE” Hold the loupe so the wide
end cups the eye It must touch the bones
around the eye Close your other eye Hold something up and
bring closer to the loupe until it is focused
TRY IT: Look closely at the back
of your hand Make a list of 10 things
your hand reminds you of
Be prepared to share If you get stuck, look at
if from a different angle
Two Important Questions ~
What ELSE does it remind me of?
What ELSE does it look like?
Student Observations of Their Hand class list
A maze Cactus Desert sand Crumpled paper Pattern Sand/sandpaper Baby’s head with tiny
hairs sprouting Rock Tree bark
Tree branches Reptile skin Close up picture of a
fly Pottery Pencil Pool tile Fabric Spider’s web Icing on a cake Craters
Sandwich Poem1. Write the bones-for-a-poem list (the analogies
in the forms of metaphors and similes)
2. Put the name of your topic as the title and the same word as the last line.
3. The title and last line become the “bread” of the sandwich
4. The sandwich is filled with analogies.
5. You don’t have to use every comparison from your loupe-list.
6. Edit and revise as needed.
My HandMy hand –
A complex maze
Like an old man’s hand.
Like fish gills,
And stars mixed together.
Deep, deep holes,
Tall mountains,
Small valleys,
Crevasses in the mountains.
A bloody river as wide as the Red Sea,
Wide rivers with under water caves,
Craters made by a meteor.
Looking over jagged cliffs.
My hand.
By Ben, 3rd grade, DecaturPrivate Eye
First, before everything else
comes the seeing of nature with your
own eyes, that is, experiencing it
yourself.
- Abraham H. MaslowPsychologist
“Scientific Literacy” is
the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and process required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity.
(National Research Council, 1996)
Scientific Literacy is also… the skill of “reading” the natural or
manmade world. the skill of theorizing about the world by
looking closely
(Ruef, 2003, p. 51)
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
-Albert Einstein
Analogies Analogies are a kind of magnifier!
Analogies will become the bones-for- poems, the beginnings of short stories, naturalist essays, and more. Thinking by analogy is the MAIN TOOL of scientist, writer, visual artist, mathematician.
“Scientists would get rid of all their hardware, their fancy billion dollar labs, before they could afford to get rid of this habit of mind, thinking by analogy, for it’s the way the majority of scientific breakthroughs have always come and will come.”
(Ruef, 2003, p. 25)
Use of Analogies Examples:
Leopard seal Catfish Rhinoceros Beetle Macaroni Penguins Ringed Seals
Why a LOUPE? Look closely at the world Think by analogy Change scale and theorize Simple Questions to develop higher
order thinking skills, creativity, and scientific literacy.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. - Albert Einstein
SSL (Silent Sustained Louping)
1. Choose an object from the basket2. Create a list of at least 10
comparisons3. If you finish early, continue your list.4. Keep asking:
What ELSE does this remind me of? What ELSE does it look like?
Student Observations of a Sponge Corral Grass Spider’s Web Craters Watermelon Mouth talking Pound cake Yolk Honeycomb
by Madison, third grade
Bee hive Swiss cheese Mars Cotton candy Jelly bean Rice Krispys
by Bailey, third grade
Sandwich Poem1. Write the bones-for-a-poem list (the analogies
in the forms of metaphors and similes)
2. Put the name of your topic as the title and the same word as the last line.
3. The title and last line become the “bread” of the sandwich
4. The sandwich is filled with analogies.
5. You don’t have to use every comparison from your loupe-list.
6. Edit and revise as needed.
Daisies These daisies remind me of a
yellow and white hat.The stems are as rough as gravel
and as green as grass.Each leaf has zig-zag edges.Some stems are wavy like waves
in the ocean.The pedals are shaped like small
ovals and they are as white as snow.
The center is like a yellow pillow.
Daisies Written by Danielle,
Third grade
Red YuccaIt’s blossoms are redder than boiling lava,And the stem is darker than oak tree bark.Although it’s as tall as I,The stem is as thin as a pea pod.With leaves like a palm’s All covered with thread,While the newest blossoms as as small as an
apple seed.
The flowers are shaped like a tulip,With the center golder than gold.The Red Yucca’s inside petals are a sun-shiny
yellow,It’s flower is close to a hollow bucket, and a
skinny wine glass,It has so many flowers and blossoms that it is
like a hive full of bees.
Red YuccaWritten by Kylie, third grade
ReferencesLesson adapted from
Ruef, K. (2003) The Private Eye (5X): Looking and Thinking by Analogy. Lyle, Washington.
For more information and order formswww.theprivateeye.com
Other sources:
National Research Council. (1996). National Science Education Standards. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
