WHERE TO SIT TODAY…
•SIT in ALPHABETICAL order starting at Table 1…. BY FIRST NAME
Review what’s in your folder
Getting Started #2 (8-7)
• How can a data table “tell a story”? What can you conclude from the data table below?
Review types of Inquiry
Intro Unit
•Scientific Processing
Steps to Scientific Method
• Step One: State problem • Must be in the form of a
QUESTION
Step 2
• Collect information about topic
Step 3: Form Hypothesis
• If … then statement
• Must be testable• NO PERSONAL
PRONOUNS… EVER!!
Step 4: Design experiment
• Tests hypothesis• Must have control
group-not tested on• Independent
variable- what is being tested
• Dependent variable- responding, what is happening, data is recorded
Step 5: Record & analyze data
• Record information from experiment
Step 6: Form Conclusion
• Analyze data & determine if hypothesis was supported or not
• If well supported over time- then referred to as “theory”
Time for the Class Challenge• There may be ONLY TWO GROUPS in the lab area
, however only one lab report may be turned in for the class.
• Everyone in class will receive the same grade for the challenge, so it is important that you work cooperatively
• The class will be assessed on accuracy and on the effort made as a community in the process of solving the challenge.
• It is assumed that everyone in the room could do this challenge on his/her own once you’ve finished it as a class
Materials• You may use your notebooks, your lab
papers, textbooks• You will have access to the following-
water, styrofoam cups, stirrers, ice, hot plate, thermometers, timers
• You may use the desktop computers on Table 4 to type up your lab report and print it.
Class Challenge #1• A toy company has hired your team as
quality control agents to ensure that their sponge animals fully emerge from their capsules in EXACTLY FIVE MINUTES.
• You only have two chances (TWO LAB GROUPS) to make this work… so think before acting.
• Your lab report must be completed and in my hands by according to my clock or I will not grade it.
Quick Quiz
Identify the independent and dependent variable from the hypothesis below.
“If one apple is eaten every day, then visits to a doctor will decrease.”
