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Alex: Where Did You Get Those "Jeans"?
This lesson can be interdisciplinary involving science, mathematics, and language arts. The primary nature of the lesson is inquiry, project, and technology-based. In science this project is a culminating activity in the heredity unit.
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Alex: Mystery Powder Investigation
During this lesson, young scholars will work individually to identify a mystery powder. Students will have the opportunity to test known powders with different substances and record observations. Young scholars will develop a plan that...
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Alex: Teaching the Scientific Method
Life is one project after another, no matter what career field one chooses. The responsibility of planning a project is a valuable lesson for students that applies to most career fields. This method requires students to answer a question...
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Alex: Bubble Bubble
This lesson will help young students understand the shape and movement of bubbles. Students will predict, practice, and record results as they blow bubbles with different-shaped objects.
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Alex: Chemical Reaction in a Bag
Students will use scientific methods in creating and observing a chemical reaction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Basics of Science Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the key terms and basic concepts needed for an intro to science unit.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology and the Scientific Method Review
Review your knowledge of the nature of science as it relates to biology.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quiz: Claim Testing
A quiz over how to use the claim testing with scientific evidence.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Milkweed Check Up
For this lesson, students will locate and identify milkweed, identify signs of ozone plant damage, and determine the severity of ozone damage to individual plants and plant communities. They might also collect injured leaf samples for a...
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: Galileo and the Scientific Method
Lesson focuses on the Scientific Method and the nature of Galileo's conflict with authorities in the Roman Catholic Church.
Indiana University
Indiana University: Ensi Sensi/nature of Modern Science
This paper by Martin Nickels includes a section titled "The Uncertainty & Limits of Scientific Knowledge."
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Heart Rate
In this experiment, students will compare heart-rates of classmates and family member to draw conclusions about their data. Students can collect data and collaborate with others on the Internet to broaden their sample size. Lesson...
Northern Illinois University
Niu: Socratic Method vs. Scientific Method
A chart which compares and contrasts the Socratic and scientific methods.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Sampling Arthropod Diversity of a Schoolyard
Students will practice the steps in the scientific method in this activity where they design and carry out an investigation into arthropods in the schoolyard.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Design an Experiment Testable on 50 People Dealing With Your 5 Senses
Pupils design an investigation about one of the five senses using the process of the scientific method.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: You Are a Scientist
Learners will practice the scientific method as they observe nature and ask questions about it.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Worm Investigation to Explore Experimental Design
For this lesson, middle schoolers learn about how to design an experiment, factor in other potential effects, take observations, and record their findings. The experiment is done using worms in a lab setting.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: El Metodo Cientifico
How scientists solve problems using the scientific method? This site provides a good basic overview of the scientific method.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Scientific Methods Quizzes
A multiple-choice quiz on the scientific method.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Inky the Squid and the Treasures of the Scientific Method!
Review your understanding of the scientific method as you play this underwater game. Collect clues in bottles, pearls, and answer questions. There are three levels of difficulty to choose from.
Other
Gphsf: Basic Project Timeline
This resource is a short piece, part of a larger page, on conducting your experiment. It contains a lot of good advice.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe/mc Graw Hill: Food Science: The Scientific Method
A concentration game where students must match scientific terms related to the scientific method with their definitions.
NC State University
The Engineering Place: M&m Probability
A lesson plan in simple probability and the scientific method using M&M candy.
NC State University
The Engineering Place: Making a Thermometer
A demonstration in how a thermometer works, followed by students using real thermometers as they apply the scientific method.