Science

Fair Testing

What makes a good experiment?

This unit explicitly teaches the skills of scientific investigation starting with identifying the problem to be investigated to collecting data and analyzing the results. As students work through the investigations they are moved from teacher guided activities with direct instruction towards independent design of scientific investigations culminating with the application of experimental design in the Sound and Insect units.

Insects

What makes an insect an insect?

Students will develop their understanding of the characteristics that define an insect. Through observations of insects at various stages in their life cycle, investigations and discussions, students will learn about the structures and behaviors of a variety of insects.

Sound

How does sound move and change?

Using activities from the FOSS Physics of Sound Module and additional sound activities, students will learn about sound discrimination, what causes sound, and how sound travels. Students will conduct investigations to determine what causes changes in pitch and amplitude and how sound travels differently through different substances.