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Scientific Research
Students examine the process of scientific inquiry. They develop twenty questions, categorize the questions, develop a research proposal, analyze data, draw conclusions, and explain how their research connects to the state standards.
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Tracking Weather Over Time
Students gather, analyze and interpret data. They explain scientific inquiry. They plot points on a map and report information from a spatial perspective.
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Walk and Learn
Fourth graders take a nature walk on a nice sunny spring day. They discuss different things in nature. They write down observations in their notebook.
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Creating a Salad Dressing
Students investigate how the scientific process can be applied to making a new salad dressing recipe.
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What's the Attraction?
Students experiment with magnets to determine the distances at which they attract and repel each other.
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One Square Foot
Students identify, describe, count, tally, and graph life found in one square foot of land.
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Integrating Critical Thinking Skills Into the Classroom
Students receive an overview of critical thinking techniques. They break into small groups and practice reasoning through questions, identifying, presenting and justifying their answers.
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Thinking It Through: Discrepant Events
Students practice their skills of forming hypotheses by conducting various experiments.
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Destructive Decay
Learners determine the destructive nature of plaque acid in their mouths. They use the scientific method for proving a hypothesis.
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Emulsion_ Compulsion
Students experiment with common household products to determine the properties of emulsions and how they fit into the classifications of matter through this series of lessons.
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Exploring the Scientific Method: Separation of a Complex Mixture
Students work in teams to use the scientific method to separate complex mixtures into pure components.
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Chefs of the Week
Students, as members of a team, are asked to prepare one meal to feed one person in a day. They analyze their meal and their daily menu for the nutritional content and explain this during an oral presentation.
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Math and Science in a Wetland
Students use scientific methods during field and lab investigations. Students collect specimens and make measurements using the metric system. Students describe biotic and abiotic factors in an estuary and design a model.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Physics: The Scientific Methods
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain how the methods of science are used to make scientific discoveries; define a scientific model and describe examples of physical and mathematical models used in physics; and compare...
Read Works
Read Works: The Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the five steps of the scientific method. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Investigation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how scientists study the natural world.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Scientific Method
A learning module that begins with "What Is a Rocket" by NASA, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...