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Fall-5 The Scientific Method Midterm Progress - Biology Teaching Thesis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the scientific method explicitly and independently to solve a problem/answer a question. They are able to write complete and comprehensive lab protocol that helps answer a question and use appropriate grammar and writing...
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The Scientific Method, Blood Typing, and Antibiotic Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given some components of an experiment, where they are able to identify and fill in missing parts, such as hypothesis, conclusion, results, etc. They form a hypothesis given general scientific facts. Students apply the...
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Scientific Method Experiment: Factors Affecting How Ice Melts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students demonstrate the scientific method by conducting an ice cube melting experiment. They make predictions and observations, and conclude what factors make ice melt more slowly or quickly than normal.
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M&M's and the Scientific Method

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the scientific method by conducting an in class experiment. In this scientific averages lesson plan, 6th graders discuss the concept of the scientific method, and define the different mathematical averages, mean,...
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The Scientific Method

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students connect the scientific method to real world situations. In this scientific method lesson, students discuss the work of Dr. Renshaw in making a diagnosis and connected to the scientific method.  Students view a website video as...
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Where Do Plants Get Their Food?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Plants need food to survive, just like any other living organism. Young biologists analyze an experiment performed in 1610 by Jan van Helmont to determine if plant nutrition is obtained through the soil. First, lab groups work together...
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Scientific Method "Lab Writeup"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and experience the scientific method. They discuss the various steps of the method, conduct various experiments, and write a three-paragraph essay regarding their conclusion.
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temperature and the Scientific Method Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study heat, temperature, and heat transfer. Using probeware, the teacher demonstrates boiling points. Students participate in experiments and record the beginning and ending temperatures and mass of objects. After...
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Reinforcing the Scientific Method

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore a variety of situations and make hypotheses before designing possible experiments. They then are presented with an experiment actually done to solve the original problem and compare it with their results. Students...
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Bruchid Investigations: Bruchid Development Investigations

For Teachers 7th - 12th
While this lesson is based on the Bruchid beetle, the focus is on conducting a scientific investigation. Ecology explorers vary the temperature or the type of leaf that Bruchid eggs are laid on and test for effects on the development...
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Racing M&M Colors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
More than anything, this is great practice in scientific inquiry. After discovering that the color coating of an M&M® dissolves in water during a preceding activity, investigators now question whether or not the color makes a...
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Dental Chemistry Analogy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After taking in background information on teeth, marble, eggshell, and fluoride, chemistry aces design an experiment. Their goal is to demonstrate whether or not fluoride has a similar effect on marble or eggshell as it does on tooth...
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Scientific Method and Graphing

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use the scientific method to determine how many seeds are in a watermelon.
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Review of the Scientific Method

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students review the Scientific Method with a hands-on activity. Working with a partner, they hypothesize the number of water drops that fit on the heads side of a penny. They collect data and share their results with the remainder of...
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Teaching the Scientific Method

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders watch a PowerPoint presentation that focuses on the scientific method including developing a hypothesis. They examine how to perform a scientific experiment using a method that maintains its validity, collect and use the...
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What Makes a Seed Breathe Faster?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here's a five-star lesson plan in which inquisitors conduct sophisticated experimentation with cellular respiration in plant seeds. Placing seeds in a closed system they measure the amount carbon dioxide produced and relate it to...
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Using Blood-Typing to Determine Causes of Death in Surgery Patients

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this simulation activity, young biologists examine blood types to determine whether the death rate in a hospital was caused because of incorrect identification of patient blood types. You will need obtain and follow the procedures of...
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The Scientific Method Beyond High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different steps in the scientific method. For this biology lesson, students design an experiment given certain materials. They formulate conclusion and write a detailed lab report.
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From a Feather to an Elephant

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It is always a rush to drop objects from great heights, and with this physics experiment, class members will not be disappointed! They drop a single coffee filter from a balcony or table top, record the time it takes to reach the ground,...
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Will It Grow?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders conduct experiments involving plants. In this science lesson, 5th graders design an experiment involving plants. Students use the scientific method to design their experiments.
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Jumping Frogs - A Lesson on The Scientific Method

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use origami frogs to experience the scientific method. They define different scientific terms. Also they test a hypothesis and draw conclusions from observations to go through all the steps of the scientific method.
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Research Projects in Renewable Energy for High School Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Thirty-eight pages of information prepares you to assign middle or high schoolers a project on sustainable energy. They take a pretest, review the scientific method, conduct background research, and finally choose an experiment to carry...
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Plants, Soil and Nutrients

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars conduct an experiment. They review how to use the scientific method to conduct an experiment with white carnations and food coloring. They create a hypothesis and test it to better understand how plants get nutrients,...
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Taxonomy: Who is in My family?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Find similarities in seemingly unlike organisms. The second instructional activity in a series of 12 builds the concept of a taxonomy and explores the use of a dichotomous key. Learners begin in part one by attempting to group a set of...

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