Objective: Power Standard 1 - Scientific Inquiry
The students will learn the scientific method in order.
The students will be able to identify and explain the different steps.
The students will be able to define and identify the independent, dependent, standardized and control variables of an experiment.
Materials: Scientific method ppt, Simpson's WS, Variable Practice WS
Turn in the bubble gum lab.
Starter: Organize their notebooks with the following tabs (Starters, Notes, Bookwork, Worksheets, Labs, Quizzes/Tests). When they are finished with that they are to organize what they have so far within their notebooks. When they are organized, they are to complete the starter on the screen which is a ppt slide that they have to identify and organize the steps of the scientific method. Go over it as a class.
Lecture: I will use the scientific method ppt to lecture to the students. Within the ppt, we will use the bubble gum lab as examples of the specific scientific method steps. When we get to the identifying variables slide, I will have them work together to identify the different variables. I will walk around and answer any questions they may have. When they are finished, I will call on students to give me their answers. We will do this for the Dependent, Independent, standardized and control slides.
When the lecture is over I will pass out the Simpson's WS and the Variable exercise worksheet. They have the remaining time in class to work on them and answer questions. Both are due tomorrow and we will go over them prior to taking the quiz.
HW: Simpson's and variable worksheets, review their notes for the quiz tomorrow.
1st Period: Most seemed to do well with it. They struggled at first but by the end I think most seemed to get it (at least no one was asking questions and they were working). We will go over them tomorrow for any final questions. They had 10 minutes in class to work on the worksheets.
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