Scientific Inquiry is the process students use to ask valid questions, gather and analyze information, develop hypotheses,make predictions, and communicate their findings.
Science and technology are intertwined when they are used to provide solutions, seek information, and establish global connections.
Big Ideas:
How do we know what we know?
Why are scientific investigations necessary?
How does prior knowledge influence/change future discoveries?
Learning Targets:
I Can...
- Apply lab safety rules.
- Accurately select and use the appropriate scientific tools needed for a variety of scientific investigations (i.e. triple beam balance, graduated cylinder, rulers, beakers, etc).
- Use science process skills accurately to gather information, process data and form conclusions. (i.e. observe, infer, classify, measure, predict, communicate, etc)
- Successfully design and complete a scientific investigation that involves identifying a "testable" question, developing a hypothesis, establishing an experimental process, collects data, and provides an analysis of the test results.
I Can...
- Apply lab safety rules.
- Accurately select and use the appropriate scientific tools needed for a variety of scientific investigations (i.e. triple beam balance, graduated cylinder, rulers, beakers, etc).
- Use science process skills accurately to gather information, process data and form conclusions. (i.e. observe, infer, classify, measure, predict, communicate, etc)
- Successfully design and complete a scientific investigation that involves identifying a "testable" question, developing a hypothesis, establishing an experimental process, collects data, and provides an analysis of the test results.
Scientific Investigations begin with a testable question such as, "What will happen if you microwave dry ice?
Something to think about before watching the video:
Q: What is dry ice?
Q: How does dry ice act differently than solid H2O under the same circumstances?
Q: What do you predict will happen?
Q: What is dry ice?
Q: How does dry ice act differently than solid H2O under the same circumstances?
Q: What do you predict will happen?
Now go ahead and watch what happens when this question is tested, and with parental supervision, you could try this at home.
Instructional Tools
Scientific Inquiry Rubric (this will be used for all investigations throughout the year)