GUM LAB DUE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26
Questions for the Week
What is DATA?
What are OBSERVATIONS?
What is meant by the word EVIDENCE?
How do you write a CONCLUSION?
This week we begin our studies with a review of the Scientific Method, an organized approach to defining, thinking about and developing a process to explore a problem statement and to conduct a lab investigation. These steps were taught in the earlier grades, and we began our year with a review of the processes…and did an activity called CSI Bourne to understand the difference between Evidence (Data) and a Claim (Conclusion).
You can also look at a clip of MYTHBUSTERS – HOT or COLD BASEBALL to see how the students used the Scientific Method to conduct their experiment on how temperature may affect a baseball.
Click HERE to see the video!
This will lead to the Gum Chewing Lab where students will design their own science investigation to answer the question:
What Happens to the Mass of Gum
as you chew it over time?
