Do the Warm-up Expectations. Take out your name tent Read pages in the Green Book 1.What is the start of the scientific inquiry process? 2.Where do questions come from? 3.Why is the question “Which makes a better pet?” not a scientific question? 4.What is the definition of hypothesis?
Do the Warm-up Expectations. Take out your name tent Read pages in the Green Book 1.What is the start of the scientific inquiry process? 2.Where do questions come from? 3.Why is the question “Which makes a better pet?” not a scientific question? 4.What is the definition of hypothesis?
1.3 rd period announcements 2.Safety Test 3.Homework tonight 4.Anything to be turned in? Folders, Optional Items, Safety Posters, Safety Tests, “Welcome to Our School”?
Students will explore science inquiry.
Air Pressure, Water Bottle Rocket Observations Last Name August 5, 2010 Warm-up
Supplies Needed – 2 Liter Bottle Water Launch Pad
Decide who is person #1, #2, #3 and #4 #1 – Green bottle filled with water #2 – Clear bottle empty and goggles for everyone. #3 – Pump air into the clear bottle #4 – Launch bottle and retrieve bottle
Air Pressure, Water Bottle Rocket Observations What should you write on this page?
1.Never use the word “it”. What is “it”? IT OPINIONS IT 2.Use 2 or more descriptive words. When making observations try to use as many words as possible. 3.No Opinions. “Yucky”, “bad”, “ugly”,“cool”, “dizzle”, “weird”, “off the hook”. Is your description a personal preference?
4. Ask another scientist. Discuss the information with another person 5. Look at the experiment from many direction.
Air Pressure, Water Bottle Rocket Observations Write 8 good observations about the launching of the air pressure bottle rockets.
If an astronaut were to ride in one of the rockets we launched, what would happen to the astronaut?
1.Books 2.World Wide Web 3.Expert in the field
ObservationsInference Prediction Opinion Qualitative – Senses Quantitative - Numbers Explaining why Explain what is happening or has happened Explain what will happen in the future The scientists personal preference
Qualitative (5 senses) Observation About Topic
What Can Be Measured About the Topic (Quantitative)?
Starter Question/Basic Question
Inference (Answer to the Starter Question)
Research
Scientific Question
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Hypothesis
Experiment
Controlled Variables
Predicted Results
Actual Results
Conclusion
Further Experiments