Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Tuesday, 20 August, 2013


Welcome back to Campbell Drive Middle School's new school year! I hope each of you had a pleasant summer. Now, let's get back into the swing of things by jumping into The Science Zone!

Essential Question: How do scientists develop scientific knowledge?

Topic: How Scientists Work

NGSSS Benchmarks: SC.8.N.1.1

Students will be able to:
-evaluate a scientific investigation sing evidence of scientific thinking and/or problem solving.

-analyze an experimental procedure to identify a design flaw and propose a method for correcting it.
-identify test (independent) and outcome (dependent) variables in an experiment.

Our bell ringer was to complete a learning styles inventory.

Home learning 1 - Choose one of the following situations and write to explain how to complete the task. Use sequential words, such as first, then, next, last, etc.
-change a light bulb in a lamp
-tie the shoelace on a sneaker
-blow up and tie a balloon
-unlock a door and enter a house

Students reviewed the scientific process via a powerpoint that can be seen in the movie below.
Students used the printed notes sheet to complete as they interacted with the powerpoint presentation. This handout can be found at the top of this blog.