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Curated OER
Understanding Climate Change
The young scientists in your class will appreciate a resource about different elements of climate change. The packet includes factual materials, informational text, and clear visuals, perfect for sharing with your environmental...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Molecules to the Max!—Educators Resource Guide
From molecules to nanotubes, an engaging unit explores the world of tiny science. Fifteen hands-on experiments and lessons engage young scientists as they learn chemistry. Discussions, worksheets, and data analysis reinforce the concepts...
Curated OER
How Psychologists Do Research
Students discover how psychologists complete their research on different topics. In groups, they describe the elements of an experiment and the importance of sampling during research. They identify ethical issues in their research and...
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Instructional videos, grade-level texts, interactive activities, and review material about the scientific method.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describe how the Renaissance period in history changed the approach to science. Identify the steps of the scientific method. Differentiate between the independent...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Method (Basic)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This is a basic introduction to the scientifice method that includes links to instructional videos, grade-level texts, interactive activities, and review materials.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Methods
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers steps of the scientific methods and control group.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Scientific Inquiry: Scientific Methods
A video that explains the steps involved in the scientific method. Includes a karaoke song with lyrics, a quiz to test students' knowledge, and vocabulary definitions.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning
A tutorial reviewing over the steps of the scientific method.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Hypothesis
Do you know how to write a good hypothesis? This tutorial will walk you through the process of writing a hypothesis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Investigation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson looks at how the scientific method is applied in a scientific investigation, and at the differences between theories and hypotheses in science.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Development of Hypotheses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to recognize and make good hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Development of Hypotheses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to recognize and make good hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Testing Hypotheses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn the steps of how to test hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Testing Hypotheses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn the steps of how to test hypotheses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Investigation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists study the natural world.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve This?
In this video, Veritasium asks people to try and figure out the rules of a pattern presented. This video teaches us about the scientific method and how our preconceived notions can affect how we discover new information. [4:43]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Investigation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers how scientists study the natural world.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Mousie [Pdf]
"Mousie" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a boy who caught, tamed, and learned about mice using a scientific method. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Constructing a Hypothesis: Lesson 3
This lesson illustrates how to create a hypothesis when setting up a scientific experiment. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Constructing a Hypothesis."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Constructing a Hypothesis: Lesson 4
This lesson illustrates how to create a hypothesis when setting up a scientific experiment. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Constructing a Hypothesis."
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Students as Scientists
This curricular unit contains two lessons that let students actually do the work of scientists as they design their own experiments to answer questions they generate. In the first lesson and its associated activity, students conduct a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Science Experiments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the scientific experimental design.