M and M's Into The Pool For The Sake of Science!

Today, students first took a quiz over their reading of Chapter 5 Lesson 1 and then used their investigative plan to perform their lab about thermal energy and it's effects on M&M's. Once complete, students will need to write a conclusion based on their data.

Investigative Planning

Today we are writing an investigative plan based on the question "How does the temperature of the water affect the time it takes the candy coating to dissolve on an M&M?  The focus is review of variables, hypothesis writing, writing a procedure with all the requirements, etc.  QUIZ TOMORROW over pages 136-139!  Make sure you read it!

M and M Investigative Plan

Investigative Planning Of The Bungee Jump

Today, we revisted writing investigative plans.  Students were to write a complete investigative plan based on a given question.  This is a review and will be on the MSP in the Spring.  We will actually do the lab on Thursday.

Investgative Plan Bungee Jump

Gummi Bear Write Up!

Today after our conclusion quiz, we began writing up our Investigative Plan for the gummi bear lab. We will be doing the lab on Monday and Tuesday now.  (If you would like to donate gummi bears, I'm still accepting them)  The investigative question that the students need to test is......

How does the amount of color in a gummi bear affect it's volume in water?

Below is a copy of a blank investigative plan if you need one.  You will need it completed in order to do the lab.

Investigative Plan Template

Catapult Investigation

Today we finished up looking at each other's practice procedures.  Then, as a class, we decided on a question to test regarding a popsicle catapult.  We will go through the whole science investigative plan in order to test a question that we come up with as a class.  Once we complete the investigation, we will graph our data and write conclusions.  Lastly, the students will be coming up with their own question to test, test it and going through the process individually.