Uses an experiment with salt and fresh water to demonstrate the scientific method.
Student Application
Difficult terms like "hypothesis" and concepts like "interpreting results" will be made understandable with the use of real world activities.
Learning Objectives
Students will understand and be able to implement the different steps of the Scientific Method.
Students will appreciate the need for science in everyday situations.
Students will understand what it means to “think like a scientist.”
Supporting Activities
Class experiment: As a class, have students discuss possible questions that might require experimentation. Make a list of the suggestions and have students vote for the one they’d like to try. Next have each student write down his or her hypothesis and reasoning. Assign students to work in groups to conduct the experiment. Have each group pre...