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Scientific Method, Skills, and Safety. Everything you need. This fully-editable, no prep bundle follows the 5E model and provides step-by-step instructions on how to implement it in your classroom. Each included resource is either completely or almost completely self-contained meaning little to no classroom materials are needed. This bundle contains a mix of digital and paper-based resources and encourages collaboration and creativity at every turn.
Since 5E lessons provide differentiated instruction in their very nature, your students will complete the unit with a deep understanding of:
• Scientific literacy
• Lab safety
• The scientific method
• Significant digits
• Scientific notation
• Metric conversions
Your students will also confront and overcome the following misconceptions.
• Science is complete.
• Science is a collection of facts.
• There is no creativity in science.
• Scientific ideas are absolute and unchanging.
• Because scientific ideas are tentative and subject to change, they can’t be trusted.
• Science proves ideas.
• Good scientists are the ones who are right most often.
If you’re interested, I’ve included a preview video for your resource below.
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How does the 5E model facilitate learning?
• It emphasizes inquiry, critical thinking, and the process of science
• Its success is backed by countless scientific studies that demonstrate its effectiveness
• It’s built around the idea that humans construct knowledge and meaning from their learning experiences. That they build upon their prior knowledge and to be effective, learning needs to be active and allow the participants to construct new knowledge from their experiences
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What’s included?
Engagement Phase
– This could involve a short video with probing question or a discussion based around current events, common misconceptions, etc.
– Creates interest and excitement for your students
– Asks questions and probes their initial conceptions
– In this bundle, your students will be immediately gripped by an engaging video activity which will lead into a class discussion
Exploration Phase
– Students use and develop creative thinking skills, make observations, record results, and make connections
– This bundle comes with a 7-station, Lab Activity where they will gain real experiences with the topic
**Note: The lab station activity requires very little preparation or materials**
– For a complete description of the lab station activity, please see below
Explanation Phase
– This is the instructional phase where concepts are presented to the students in a clear and applicable way
– Students develop understanding of the content
– Observations and experiences are discussed and critiqued
– Students develop vocabulary
– Students are able to connect the content presented to previous experiences
– This bundle includes a lesson in PowerPoint and .PDF formats. For a complete description of it, please see below
Elaborate Phase
– This phase involves the students completing an activity or assignment that forces them to expand their thinking and knowledge of the topic. They will propose solutions and extend their learning to new situations
– This bundle includes a lab activity that will allow your students to practice the scientific method
**Note: This activity requires no preparation or materials**
– For a complete description, please see below
Evaluate Phase
– Your students’ will demonstrate their understanding and evaluate their own progress
– This phase involves the students completing an activity or assignment that forces them to expand their thinking and knowledge of the topic. They will propose solutions and extend their learning to new situations
– The evaluation section includes a quiz that will allow you to evaluate your students’ topic understanding
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The NRC’s How People Learn has synthesized decades of research across many different disciplines about how people learn. Key findings from that synthesis include the following. First, students (people) must be interested and engaged in what they are learning and find it useful and meaningful. Second, students (people) must be actively involved in the process of teaching and learning, comparing new information to previous ideas, constructing new understandings, and quite simply changing their own minds about how the world works. And third, students (people) need opportunities to apply what they have learned to new situations, to check the completeness of their understanding, and to evaluate their own learning for themselves. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931660/)
By incorporating this 5E lesson, you will provide your students with a meaningful and coherent way of learning that best suits their needs. You will also utilize technology in a way that creates order and promotes understanding.
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The follow 5E lessons are currently available.
Physics
• Newton’s Three Laws of Motion
• Current Electricity and Circuits
• One and Two-Dimensional Motion
• Energy, Energy Transfer, and its Forms
• Kinetic and Gravitational Potential Energy
• Friction
• Calculating Average Speed, Velocity, and Displacement
• Mass, Volume, Density, and Buoyancy
• Power
• Momentum, Conservation of Momentum and Impulse
Biology
• Cells and the Cell Theory – Complete 5E Unit
• Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
• Cancer
• The Human Respiratory System
• Physical and behavioral adaptations
• Plant Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
• Meiosis
• Muscular and Skeletal System
• DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, and Alleles
• Genetic Material – DNA and RNA
Earth and Space Science
• Climate Change and Global Warming
• Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
Ecology
• The Cycling of Matter: The Water and Carbon Cycles
• Interactions Within Ecosystems
• Physical and behavioral adaptations
• Plant Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
• Classification of Living Things
Chemistry
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes
• Introduction to Chemical Reactions
• Types of Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations
• Molecular and Ionic Compounds
• Pure Substances and Mixtures
• Solutions and Mechanical Mixtures
• Pressure, Volume, and Temperature
General Science
• Scientific Method, Skills, and Safety
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Explore – The Scientific Method and Science Skills – 7 Engaging Lab Stations
This fully editable Lab Station on The Scientific Method and Science Skills is meant to get your students out of their seats and engaged in the content. Each station not only offers a unique opportunity to test your students’ knowledge (offer an opinion, answer questions based on a video or reading, draw, etc.) but also provides a fantastic learning opportunity where your kids are learning through assessment. Each station comes with a description card while some also contain more detailed instructions, a reading, questions to answer, etc. Students are equipped with a recording sheet (passport) to write their answers. There is almost no prep for you. Simply print the cards, lay them out around the room and you’re all set. An answer key is also provided where applicable.
This lab activity covers:
– Using the scientific method
– A scientific theory
– Importance of the scientific method
– Placebo effect
– Double-blind study
– Newton’s Law of Gravitation
– Observation and inference
– Independent and dependent variables
Bonus Activities: To ensure your students don’t have any downtime between stations, your lab also includes a 10-word word scramble and word search, both with an answer key. You can use them as part of their mark, as a bonus so it’s not mandatory, etc. However you choose to use it, it will ensure that your students are always busy and never idle. Note: For stronger classes, I give the word scramble and for weaker ones, the word search.
How do the Lab Stations work? Each station is specially designed to be a unique complement to the material while at the same time, provide a valuable learning experience. Below is an overview of how each station works. In your activity, each will be tailored to the specific content.
Station 1: Get Hands-On – using their creative skills, students are required to draw or build.
Station 2: Research – using a classroom computer or their own device, students must research a specific question/issue surrounding the topic.
Station 3: Explain yourself – students write down an opinion to a question in paragraph form.
Station 4: Rest Station – students can use this time to catch up on work they didn’t have time to complete at a previous station or prepare themselves for an upcoming one.
Station 5 – Applicability reading – students read a short passage from an article, website, etc. which directly connects the classroom content to a real life application.
Station 6: Test your knowledge – students answer 5 multiple choice questions then provide a written explanation for how/why they came to their conclusions.
Station 7: Learn from the expert – using a classroom computer or their own device, students must watch a short video clip and answer the associated questions. They may stop, rewind and restart as often as they like during the time frame.
Station 8 – Rest Station.
Station 9: Become the question master – Students must create 2 multiple-choice questions, 2 true/false questions and 1 short answer question. Students must also supply the answers.
These station cards are meant to be used as a lab activity but can also be utilized in a review task before a test or a quiz. Used either way, your students will love it! I know mine do and I’m telling you from first-hand experience as I’ve used this activity in my own class.
Explain – Scientific Method, Skills and Safety PowerPoint Lessons & Student Notes Bundle
Scientific Method, Skills and Safety. This 6-8 day lesson package includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the PowerPoint), a Unit Test, 4 videos embedded into the power point, 6 worksheets, 3 additional handouts and a student lesson handout as a word document. This lesson package is meant for an introduction or review of the scientific method, science skills and lab safety and can be used for any grade level.
Included in the lesson package is:
– The teacher version of the PowerPoint
– The student version of the PowerPoint
– 4 videos embedded into the PowerPoint
– 6 student worksheets
– 3 additional handouts
– Student lesson handout
In order, the lesson covers:
– Scientific Literacy
– Science Lab Safety
– WHMIS, MSDS, HHPS
– Observations vs. Inferences
– Significant Digits/Figures
– Scientific Notation
– The Scientific Method
– Metric Conversions
The student version of the PowerPoint contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.
Elaborate – Paper Airplane Scientific Method Lab Activity
Introduce or review the Scientific Method in a fun way with this simple activity. Your students will create various planes in order to test a single variable effect on flying distance. Great for inquiry, collaboration and developing research skills. Fully editable Word document which can be altered to fit your students’ needs. It can be as complicated or simple as you like and works great for students with learning difficulties.
This lab is meant to be done after learning/review the scientific method. All the information your students will need and more can be found here in the Scientific Method, Skills and Safety PowerPoint lesson package. It is a 6-8 day lesson package that includes a Unit Test, 4 videos embedded into the power point, 6 worksheets, 3 additional handouts and a student lesson handout and covers:
– Scientific Literacy
– Science Lab Safety
– WHMIS, MSDS, HHPS
– Observations vs. Inferences
– Significant Digits/Figures
– Scientific Notation
– The Scientific Method
– Metric Conversions
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