1. Monday August 29, 2011
Objective: Students will be able to write a hypothesis based on an observation.
Homework: None

2. Today’s Agenda Discuss last Friday’s Lab More Hypothesis Practice
Next steps of the process

3. Let’s Review
What is an observation? An inference? A hypothesis?

4. Task 3

5. Write a question and a hypothesis for each observation.
Hypothesis Practice
Observation: I tasted the skittles better with my nose unplugged.
Observation: When I put the alka-seltzer in the water, it began to bubble.
Observation: The smaller pieces of alka-seltzer dissolved faster than the big piece.
Write a question and a hypothesis for each observation.

6. Next Steps
After you form a hypothesis, you must complete the following steps:
Design an experiment
Do the experiment, collect data, and make observations
Analyze your results
Form your conclusion
If your hypothesis is right, communicate your results. If your hypothesis is wrong, make a new one and do these steps over again.

7. Design an Experiment
Choose one of the hypotheses your made in the last task and design an experiment you could do to test that hypothesis.