Thinking Like a Scientist - Experimental Design

Homework

1;1 Can you think like a scientist?

1;3 IV and DV practice

1;6 Try this experiment at home

How can we measure a corn field? 1/2 sheet

1;10 Parts of an Experiment

1;11 Home Experiment - target throw

Class activities

1;2 Intro to IV and DV

1;4 experiment - paper strength

1;5 Dissecting experiments

1;7 Pendulum experiment

1;12 Practice designing experiments

1;13 Practice Experiment writeup

Projects

1;8 Corn Research

1;9 Rubber band lab

Assessments

1;14 Final for Experimental Design - just fill in the experiment!

Other

Possible Experiments for final

Measurement - metric, density, mass vs. weight

Homework

1;15 Practice calculations

1;17 Density with volume calculations and word problems.

1;18 Displacement volume calculations

1;19 Concept map about Density

1;20 Listing steps to calculate volume and density

1;24 Density Plot

Class activities

1;16 measure volume lab

1;21 Floating and Sinking lab - oil and water

1;22 Float and sink - glass baby food jar

Projects

1;23 Clay boats as prototypes for cement boats

Assessments

Density final from 2006

Other

Physical Properties of Matter I- Matter and Molecules

States of Matter and Kinetic Molecular Theory, Physical Change

Homework

Bill Nye States Video makeup sheet

1;32 Reflection on Cluster 1

Class activities

Cluster Packets at the online site

Projects

Assessments

Other

Physical Properties of Matter II-

Chemical Change

Homework

Class activities

Projects

Assessments

Other

Physics

Potential and Kinetic Energy, Speed calculations

Homework

Class activities

Projects

Assessments

Other