State Goal Content
Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models of biological phenomena using logic and evidence to: Use questions and models to determine the relationships between variables in investigations. Explain observations. Make inferences and predictions. Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation. Inferences, Extrapolations, Theory, Presenting Data in Models, Graphs, Tables, etc, Analyzing results for conclusions, Bias
Written Explanation
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Lessons and Lesson Plans
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Activities
1. Anticipatory Set: Video clip “Top Gun” flight scene.
Students will: Design a paper airplane and perform test flight.
COMPREHENSION:
The class will be divided into pairs. Each pair will select one plane and measure and record the results of ten test flights.
Graphing Toad/Frog Respiration This is an activity which uses frogs or toads to demonstrate scientific method, by measuring the respiration rate, as well as the other external features of the live specimen. The kids enjoy working with the Arizona Toad
The Upper Palouse Restoration Project In science, problem solving is based upon the data collected, which is then interpreted. The data collected and information gathered are based upon certain observations, measurements, and experimentation. Scientific problem solving is most often used to pose a particular question and determine how these questions enter into one's life. Scientists use the scientific method to answer, address, or solve a particular question or problem. By learning a variety of scientifically sound techniques for field data collection and analysis, the students become competent to collect, record, and interpret information about the particular project they are undertaking. They then are able to apply these data, and interpret them to analyze the physical, social, and possible economic impacts of their restoration project on the environment. They are actively using the scientific method to identify and solve an ecological problem.
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Animations, Movie Clips & Sounds
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Essential Questions
1. This relates to manipulating data to make oneself look good: You played one quarter of the football game Friday night and had a pretty good game. Like your team mates, when you get to school Monday morning you head straight for the statistics board only to discover that you have received the top defensive honor for your team, the "bell-ringer" award. Your friends are all excited for you and congratulate you. Later, after you have studied the statistics in detail, you discover that you were credited with several more tackles than you actually made, in fact, you were credited for tackles during quarters that you did not play. You are the only one who knows this. Do you correct the errors or not say anything? You realize that for you to have more tackles, someone else has less tackles credited than they should have.
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