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The Green Human and other science stories
Nurin and her friends kept a journal of made-up science stories, like a boy who turns green after swallowing chloroplasts. Here it is in full.
Nurin kept a journal of fictional science stories. Her friends wrote some parts of it too. Journaling and reflecting was a habit they took on for themselves.
The first page lists the story titles: The growing watermelon in his stomach, The half dunan hat, The human that lay eggs and The green human (chloroplasts). The journal pages we have tell the first two.
The Watermelon
The first story is about Cresella, a 31-year-old woman who wished for a baby. Before writing it, the author planned it on a page of its own, with who, when, what and how, and drew Cresella with a watermelon for a tummy.
The Green Human
The second story is about a boy named Syairazi who is studying chlorophyll. He accidentally swallows chloroplasts, and his friends tell him he looks as green as a plant. Someone shows him a mirror, and he is green. "Oh no! It must have been the chroloplast" he shouts.
All the names in the stories are made up. The spelling is kept as the children wrote it.
Fictional Science stories / STORY TITTLES / 1. The growing watermelon in his stomach / 2. The half dunan hat / 3 The human that lay eggs / 4 The green human (chloroplasts)
#1 the watermelon / One day there was this 3[?] year old woman by the name Cresella. She had no children. She had always wished for a baby and today might be her luck.
who / A lady, Cresella / when / @ a fruit shop / what / watermelon grow in her stomach / how / she ate the seeds of a watermelon / where / 1.
Story #2 / The GREEN human / In the garden, a young boy stood at the plants curiously His name was Syairazi. Syairazi is determined to be a scientist when he grows up. He was studying
the chrolofil and fount out chroloplast were in chrolofil. Finding out something new by himself made him proud and shock. H is jaw dropped. Suddenly he excidently
digested the chroloplast. He did not realize anything when suddenly his friend Rossy came by "Cool face paint you're wearing, actually face paint are not allowed in school" Rossy said.
'What face paint' thought Syairazi suddenly another of his friend came by "Gee you look as green as a plant" he commented "What are you talking about?" Asked Syairazi
He showed Syairazi a mirror. To his horror, Syairazi was green in colour. He thought and thought.... "Oh no! It must have been the chroloplast that I've accidently eaten!" He shouted
These stories start with a real piece of science, like what chloroplasts do in a plant, and then ask "what if?" That is a playful kind of Investigate. Journaling like this was a by-product of moving through the 4-I. Stage by stage, the children got better at certain things and began to find their own identities.
