Monday - Today we will go over the Is it Living probe and the Living or Non-Living sheet. Then students will glue them into their notebooks.
Then teams will ask questions about the five substances we've been investigating to design their own labs to answer their questions. By today we will start to identify variables that we can manipulate and measure.
HW - None
Tuesday - Today we will continue to identify variables so that teams can choose what they want to test. In other words, teams will be choosing what they want to investigate through a controlled experiment using the materials we've been working with (pure water, salt water, sugar water, yeast, brine shrimp eggs, radish seeds, polyacrylate crystals).
Then teams will write their questions and hypotheses. (We are using inquiry boards to organize, plan and write up our lab.)
HW - None
Wednesday - Today teams will continue to write their problem questions and hypotheses so they can start to design their step-by-step procedure. This is when teams will figure out what materials they will need to bring if I don't have it.
HW - None
Thursday - Today those teams who get their procedures approved by me will be able to start their lab and collect data.
Those who aren't quite there will be working on writing their procedure (which includes a drawing of their experiment, a materials list, and a step-by-step section).
HW - None
Friday - There are still teams who are working on their lab write-ups (they didn't finish yesterday), so they will most likely start their labs, collecting data, on Monday.
Teams will create their data table and plan how they will be collecting data. It's much easier if they can collect data that are in number form.
Those who are done will read and comment on blogs from a 9th grade Science class.
HW - None
