Employing Scientific Methods

(5.1) Discrepant Events, Phenomena

• Discrepant Events

• Phenomena

• slides: Phenomena | copy

(5.2) Developing Scientifically Oriented Questions

• Developing Scientifically Oriented Questions

(5.3) Observation vs. Inference

• slides: Observation versus inference | copy

• Faraday's Candle   | Videos

(5.4) Brainstorming and Hypothesizing

• Lost on the Moon

• slides: Lunar Environment / Lost on the Moon | copy

• slides: Ranking | copy

(5.5) Experimental Design

• sheets: Issues in experimental design and graphing | copy

(5.6) Independent Variables

• see 5.5

(5.7) Writing Clear Procedures

• Writing unambiguous procedures

(5.8) Using History to Teach Scientific Methods

• slides: Finding the cause of beri beri | copy 

(5.9) Indirect Evidence – “Black Box” Experiments

• Mystery container (siphon)

• Mystery tube (pulleys)

(5.10) Evaluating Hypotheses

• Tangrams | Key 

• Tangrams print version

• Creating Models -  Whiteboard.fi - sample files 

  1. How long was the shutter open?

  2. Where are the earthquake faults?