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This is an awesome investigation for students to test a hypothesis, and learn about the nature of science - i.e., how science works in practice. In this lesson, the teacher poses the question, "Why don't we have paper spoons?" through setting a scenario. The teacher also provide students with two hypotheses, and students pick one and plan a procedure themselves to either support or refute the hypothesis they have chosen. The students are not assessed on reaching a 'correct' answer to the questio

This is an investigation that takes your students through a full investigation to explore the concept of friction through a 5 E lesson. The investigation is designed to run over three periods of forty minutes, though it can be shortened to two periods. Content-Specific Learning ObjectivesTo be able to recognize that there is a force of friction between two surfacesTo be able to identify the type of surfaces that result in the greatest friction between two surfacesSkills-Specific Learning Objecti