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This product is a workbook that assess students’ ability to:· Construct a table to organize data from an experiment · Construct a table of data from a graph · Construct a graph from a table of data · Identify dependent and independent variables · Describe in writing the relationship between variables on a graph. The workbook can be given as homework or as extensions to work related to science practice skills. You can also give the workbook as independent work. Students receive practic

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

About this LessonThis lesson was designed using the 5E teaching and learning model—Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate that takes students through designing an investigation and executing their design, They learn to collect and organize data into tables and charts and analyze the data and formulate a conclusion to answer the research question: How does the force needed to move a sled change as the masses added to the sled is changed?Learning Objectives•To be able to design an inves

This is a short assessment that could be given as a diagnostic assessment to check on students’ prior knowledge and skills on the following: •Interpret and draw inferences from experimental data •Explain the activity of an enzyme at different temperatures •Determine scales and construct graphs •Read and explain the shape of a graph