Welcome!
It was great to meet everyone on Monday night, and I was delighted to hear of your many wonderful ideas about science topics that you are interested in. I've been studying the class list and trying to put names to faces—I will need a little help to remember everyone properly. To help you remember what I look like, here's a picture. |
Big Ideas
There are science process skills that cut across science topics. They can be classified in different ways. We will use this list to start with:
- Observing
- Questioning
- Hypothesizing
- Predicting
- Planning and Investigating
- Interpreting
- Communicating
There are accepted methods for doing science, but there is no single method known as "The Scientific Method". You can observe or investigate without experimenting. Not all science is done through experiments.
What did we do?
- Introductions and Name Tags (ingenious index cards on mini-binder clips)
- Notice & Wonder
- Overview of the class website
- Conversations about science, teaching, and learning—and a little bit about the Science HiSET
- Is there such a thing as "The Scientific Method"? Watch these two videos for starting ideas.
- Science Process Skills—rotation through 6 activity stations, in any order. Determine which science process skill is used for the underlined part of the directions for that station:
- candle flame
- velcro strips
- protractor, penny, and hinged mirror
- cans of ice
- coffee filter strips in water
- wind-up toys on different surfaces
- Group discussion about science process skills and scientific methods
- Worksheet for matching science skills with definitions, actions, and sub-skills
- Exit Ticket: "How do scientists work?"
Science pre-test