Friday, September 6, 2013

Friday/Monday, 6/9 September, 2013


ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How do scientists develop scientific knowledge?

TOPIC: How Scientists Work

NGSSS: SC.8.N.1.1

BENCHMARKS:
-Define a problem from the 8th grade curriculum using appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigations of various types: systematic observations, or experiments, identify variables.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  Students will be able to:
-design and conduct a scientific investigation to demonstrate evidence of scientific thinking and/or 
problem solving.
-interpret and analyze data to make predictions and defend conclusions.
-explain the value of hypotheses, even if they turn out not to be supported by the data.

BELL RINGER- Scientific Method handout

All classes completed the lab activity and began the experiment write up.

Students also began the construction of their lab notebook AND their interactive science journal.