Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: What Is Physics?: Test Prep
This is a list of 37 test prep questions and problems over the content of Chapter 1: What is Physics? from the TEA Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: What Is Physics?: Chapter Review
This is a list of 32 review questions and problems over the concepts presented in Chapter 1: What Is Physics? from the TEA Physics text.
NASA
Sci Jinks: What Is Scientific Method?
This resource provides the seven steps of the scientific method which can be used as an introduction or review.
University of California
Ucmp: What Is "Good Science"?
A very good explanation of the scientific process and the differences between science and non-science. This is a concise and clearly written description.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Which Metal Is the Most Resistant to Corrosion?
Here's a practical engineering challenge: you need to build an enclosure for your dogs, using material that they can't chew through. It's going to be a lot of work to build, so you want to do it right. What material should you choose for...
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State Lehigh Valley: Scientific Investigation
This site presents a general overview of scientific investigation. Content explores what scientific investigation is, as well as the scientific method (the guidelines followed by all scientists).
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: What Is Physics?: Key Terms
This is a glossary of key terms and definitions used in Chapter 1: What is Physics? from the online TEA Physics text.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Steps of the Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson that teaches the steps of the scientific method and can also be used as a review. It contains some interactive flipchart pages for students to choose the correct step, guess what pages,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Teaching the Scientific Method
Life is one project after another, no matter what career field one chooses. The responsibility of planning a project is a valuable lesson for students that applies to most career fields. This method requires students to answer a question...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: What Is Physics?: Section Summary
This is a summary of the most important takeaway ideas from Chapter 1: What is Physics? from the TEA Physics text.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Scientific Method
This concise site from NCEAS contains an explanation of the scientific method along with a basic example of the scientific method in action.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Science Is a Wonderland
This is an inquiry lesson to teach learners critical thinking skills. The student will learn through discovery what inquiry skills are and how they are used. They will learn how scientists use these skills in the scientific method to do...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: What Is Science?
A brief overview of the body of science, including the purpose of doing scientific work.
Michigan Reach Out
Michigan Reach Out: Creating a Salad Dressing
This site is provided for by Michigan Reach Out! Teach the scientific method with salad dressing! Students understand the scientific process and how it helps scientists by making salad dressing.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Scientific Method Variables/hypothesis
Find out what variables are in a scientific investigation and what the difference is between an independent, dependent, and controlled variable. Look at samples of different types of variables and find out what makes a good variable.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: What Is Science?
Students learn abut scientific investigation and the difference between hypotheses and theories.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Scientists With the American Museum of Natural History
Follow this six-step method and you'll have a good understanding of what a good scientific research paper involves and how it is organized. There are plenty of samples for you to look at. This explanation is also very helpful for...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Boiling Water With Ice: Effect of Pressure on the Boiling Point of Water
In this activity, which is a discrepant event with guided inquiry, the teacher will go through the steps of boiling water with ice. Through the young scholars telling and recording WHAT is happening, the teacher is showing the students...
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Science Fairs
Find out what the difference is between a science demonstration and a science experiment. Then explore Science Bob's page to learn about ideas for science fairs, the Scientific Method, science fair resources, and even some helpful advice.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: What Is Pseudoscience?
Pseudoscience studies various fields of science that make claims to be legitimate, but researchers and academics argue that pseudoscientific discoveries do not hold up to typical standards of testing and proof. Examples are the Lunar...
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...
University of California
Q Files: Misconceptions About Science
Many students have misconceptions about what science is and how it works. This module explains and corrects some of the most common misconceptions that students are likely having trouble with.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Why Do Soccer Balls Get Flat Science Fair Project
Discover what happens to the circumference of a balloon when it is placed in dry ice, kept at room temperature, and when it is warmed by a hairdryer.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Data Analysis for Advanced Science Projects
The importance of data analysis in science projects is explained. Describes common mistakes young scientists make. The article then discusses how to find out what the standard methods of data analysis are for the type of research you...