Welcome – Do Now
Materials: Pencil / Pen, Notebook, Glue stick
Instructions:
1. Take 1 interactive textbook – write your
name and “Ms. Ski Science Room 1212”
on the inside cover.
2. Silently Number your notebook pages
Write page # in the upper right
corner # 1 – 140 (Front and Back)
Agenda
Assign Interactive textbookFinish Baseline testingNotebook set up Notes: Scientific MethodHomework – Getting to know your
textbook.
20 minutes
Finish the test
Are you done? Silently read, finish numbering your notebook, or work on homework for another class.
Learning objective – SWBAT..
set up their notebooks.demonstrate the procedures for
taking notes.explain each step of the scientific
method.
SCIENCE NOTEBOOK
YOUR NAME
PERIOD
Ms. Ski 1212
Include:
• decoration
• the words “science notebook”
• your name
• class period
• room info
Taking Notes PAGE 4
Do Now(# pages 1 – 140)
L. O. Today we will organize our notebooks and take notes.
(Notes . . .)
TAKING NOTES
When taking notes, anything in red should be written down. If it’s red, it’s important.
Write neatly and stay organized.
Include examples in your notes to help you remember definitions.
Taking Notes PAGE 4
Do Now(# pages 1 – 140)
L. O. Today we will organize our notebooks and take notes.
Taking notes: anything in red should be written down.
Write neatly and stay organized
TAKING NOTESPage 4
L.O. Today we will organize our note books and take notes.
Do Now(# pages 1 – 140)
Taking notes: anything in red should be written down.
Write neatly and stay organized
Summary
A summary is 3 – 4 sentences about your notes. Today I learned how to take notes for Mrs. Ski’s class. It is important to write neatly.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The scientific method is a process for experimentation used to:
explore observations and answer questions
search for cause and effect relationships in nature
Fair test
It is important for your experiment to be a fair test.
A fair test occurs when you change only one factor (variable) and keep all other conditions the same.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Steps
1. Ask a ?
2. Research
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Analyze Data
6. Conclusion
7. Communicate Results
Hypothesis
Is an educated guess about how things work.
“If [I do this], then [this] will happen.”
Must easily be measured.
Remember: your experiment must be repeatable.
(repeated by others)
Example Hypothesis
"If I raise the temperature of a cup of water [independent variable], then the amount of sugar that dissolves [dependent variable] will increase because of the temperature increase."
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Changing ideas or new information might cause a scientist to back up or repeat steps at any point in the process.
SUMMARY* A summary is in paragraph form and at least 3-4 sentences long.
• Today we learned about …– What is a hypothesis?– How can new information influence or
change an experiment?
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