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The Scientific Method

Content: Basic structures and functions of body systems


Curricular Competencies:

Make observations in familiar or unfamiliar contexts


Identify questions to answer or problems to solve through scientific inquiry
Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry
With support, plan appropriate investigations to answer their questions or solve
problems they have identified
Use equipment and materials safely, identifying potential risks
Communicate ideas, explanations, and processes in a variety of ways
Learning Intention: I can use the scientific method to plan or follow an experiment
Materials: Scientist costumes, 3 jars, water, salt, spoon, paper strips for each element of the
scientific method, flip chart paper, markers, attached scientific method template
Method: Dramatized model
Example Experiment: What liquid will the egg float in?
1. Come into classroom, dressed as scientists. Have experiment materials laid out.
Teacher 2: Why are you dressed like that?
Teacher 1: Im a scientists?
Teacher 2: Scientist? What do scientists do? (ask class)
Teacher 1: Scientists ask questions *Put up question strip
Teacher 2: Well I have a question, do eggs float?
Teacher 1: Youre already thinking like a scientist, here put this lab coat on. Pull out egg*
Well what do you think will happen?
Teacher 2: I float in the swimming pool, do you think the egg floats in water too?
Teacher 1: Is that your hypothesis? *Put up Hypothesis strip
Teacher 2: Whats that? Do any of you know? Ask class* (if class doesnt know ask teacher)
Teacher 1: What kind of things are we going to need for the experiment?
Teacher 2: Well a jar, some water and an egg
Teacher 1: Okay we need to add those things to our materials *Put up materials strip
Teacher 1: So what is the first thing we need to do for our experiment?
Teacher 2: we need a glass of water (ask a student to fill a jar with water)
Teacher 1: okay whats next? All of these steps are what make up our procedure *Put up
procedure strip
Teacher 2: well that didnt work so maybe we should try adding some salt.
Teacher 1: okay, but add it to our materials
Teacher 2: should we be writing down what happens?
Teacher 1: yes! That is what the observations are Put up observation strip
Teacher 2: okay what do we do at the end?
Teacher 1: we make a conclusion *Put up Conclusion strip
Teacher 2: what is a conclusion? Ask class*
Teacher 1: So what is our conclusion?
Teacher 2: why do we have to do the scientific method?
Teacher 1: well there are a few reasons, one reason is so that we can document everything
we did and share our experiment. Did you know that for an experiment to be valid it must
have to be able to be done more than once and have the same results? If we fill out a
scientific method form, somebody else can try our experiment, and we can try someone
elses.
2. Hand out scientific method template
3. In groups assign students a section and have them write a definition for one of the
boxes
4. Share fill in the rest of your sheet
The Scientific Method
Question:

Hypothesis:

Materials:

Procedure: Observations:

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Conclusion:

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