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TSW name and describe the steps of the scientific method (DOK 1, 8.1a)
Materials:
M&Ms, paper, pencil, PowerPoint, The Busted Hypothesis Blues poem, Scientific
Method worksheet, Did you get it quiz
Set:
TTW ask students to read 2 lines per student of The Busted Hypothesis Blues
TTW: pass out one small bag of M&Ms on each students desks
TTW say do not touch this bag of M&Ms until I tell you to do so!
Okay so these M&Ms do have a purpose. They are going to help us learn our
objective for the day!
Today our objective for this class is to be able to list and describe the steps of the
scientific method. (5 Minutes)
Bell Ringer: Club Learning (3 minutes for student work, 2 minutes review)
TSW write down 4 things that they learned from their club groups
TTW then ask each student to name 2 things that they learned
Procedures:
TTW ask students the steps of the scientific method and describe what the step
means
Now we are going to put all of our stuff away except your pencil and we are going
to take our quiz.
When everyone is done with their quizzes you are going to pass them to the front
of the room!
Closure: (3 minutes)
Now we are able to list and describe the steps of the scientific method!
1. TSW: List the 6 steps of the scientific method
2. TSW: give examples of each step of the scientific method from the experiments
that they created with their groups
3. List the examples for each step from their own experiment that they came up with
4. TTW: ask the students to put their binders under their desks and to put everything
away except a pencil
5. Students pack up and teacher passes out quiz
6. Students take quiz
7. Teacher takes quiz up when students are finished
Assessment:
Informal: The teacher will walk around as students fill out Scientific Method
worksheet and give examples from their made up experiment
Objective: The student will list be able to take each step of the scientific method and
describe it
Assessment:
Formal: The teacher will pass out Did you get it? quiz at the end of class and take it
back up for a grade in the grade book.