Friday, August 22, 2014

8/22 B Day

Warm-Up:  Multiple Intelligence Test.  TTW administer a short test to determine individual student learning styles.

 Opening: Redi's Meat Experiment

http://phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/redi_pasteur_experiment/index.html

Click on link above to design Redi's Meat Experiment. (Virtual Lab)

Students will construct Cornell Notes on Redi's Meat Experiment

Title:  Redi's Meat Experiment

Problem Statement:   Observation  - Careful watching of a natural event
                                                           Using the five senses
                                           EX: Every time flies land on meat maggots appear

Research:  Redi must research maggots, flies, meat rotting



Hypothesis   An educated guess based on prior observations or research
                     Must be a " If..................Then...................." Statement
                  EX:   IF Flies land on meat THEN maggots appear

Experiment   Must test hypothesis

Procedure     Step by step instructions on how to conduct an experiment

Independent (Testing Variable)  What is changed in the experiment/ What is different?
                                                     What you manipulate/change
                                                   EX:   " LID on JAR"

Dependent (Outcome Variable)  Results from Testing variable
                                                    EX':  NO Maggots Appear

Controlled Variables  Comparison group,
                                   The original observation group,
                                   Does not contain the testing variable
                                    EX:   Groups B and C

Constants    Factors that remain the same throughout the experiment
                     EX: " Jar, Beans, Light, Time, Seed (Bean)



HOME LEARNING:    SYLLABUS AGREEMENT
                                       LAB SAFETY AGREEMENT
                                       SPIRAL NOTEBOOK
                                      

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