The students will begin using the scientific method in order to develop their own experiment.
Starter: Mediocre quote...What that means for them everyday and also how can they apply it to their experiment they are about to develop.
We are starting our first ECA today. Pass out the rubrics and explain to them what they are going to do. They are scientists that are trying to develop labs for high school biology classrooms. They need to develop, create and execute an experiment. Experiments begin on Monday.
The first step is to get into groups of 2 to 4 students. They can choose them this time. If there are issues choosing them then I will appoint the groups.
The next step is to come up with a question or problem using their prior knowledge/interests in the world around them. They must get it checked with me before they move on to the research and hypothesis stage.
After they have gotten into group and gotten their questions approved they may head to the math/sci computer lab for multiple things:
- Ask any questions about the technology I am using in class (twitter, webpage, discussion board, glog, google docs). The glog is due on Friday. They will be using google docs during the project.
- They can start researching their problem or question to develop a quality hypothesis. When they think they are done researching they need to get their research and hypothesis checked with me before they can move on.
We won't go past that stage today. If the students get throught that stage they can work on the discussion post or glog. We will continue in the computer lab tomorrow.
1st period: There seemed to be little thought put into the experiment ideas prior to class today. I am excited that there are two fishing experiments. Still some confusion with the technology stuff. Still need 3 people to take the quiz tomorrow.
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