Over the last 500 years humans have gone from seeing a man in the moon to seeing a man on the moon. This phenomenal advance in collective learning has taken place thanks in large part to a group of strategies which have come to be referred to as The Scientific Method. If humankind has made so much progress by using the Scientific Method, then why not teach all our children to use it at an early age rather than waiting until high school or college to teach a few who are fast-tracked into science and technology careers. If we have made this much progress with a few humans using these strategies, then what will our collective learning curve look like if we are all trained to make science discoveries and/or to appreciate the discoveries of others?

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Science Project Presentation Template

CHALLENGE/PROBLEM: Science Project Problem

VOCABULARY WORDS: A list of science concepts that are necessary to explain the results of the experiment

MATERIALS: Materials needed to demonstrate the science project experiment. 8th grade science exam review questions
TIME: 2-3 periods

OPENING:
1. The teacher or the Presentation Group presents the words and definitions that will help explain the results of the project.
Listening Groups copy the words and definitions into their journals.
2. Students in the Presentation Group present their Problem to the Listening Groups.
3. Each student in the class writes the problem in his/her science journal and then states a hypothesis to answer the problem.
4. Students in Listening Groups identify the Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, and Constants. Listening groups write them in their journals.


GROUP WORK

1. The Presentation Group performs an experiment in front of the class OR the Listening Groups perform a simple experiment in their seats.
2. Data is collected.

SHARE

1. The Presentation Group shares their hypothesis with the Listening Groups and states their conclusion.
2. The Presentation Group shares their sources of error.
3. The Listening Group asks questions.
4. The teacher and Presentation Group ellicit the explanation of the results using the Template
Vocabulary Word-Definition-Application.
5. All Students answer related review questions taken from the New York State 8th Grade Science Exam

HW: Write your own exam question using the concepts presented today.
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