Unit 1: Investigation and Experimentation

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Austen, Dean, and Zachary

Period 7 Table 5

Unit one is all about experimenting and invesigating. This unit helps us create an experiment. Activities we do in class will help us work on how to write a good hypothesis, writing a good procedure, design a good experiment, collect quatitavtice data, graph data, analyze data and write a good conclusion. All these activities we learn to do will help us create and experiment the perfect science fair project.

 8th Grade Science Standards Covered:

Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and    addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:

1. Plan and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis.
2. Evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of data.
3. Distinguish between variable and controlled parameters in a test.
4. Construct appropriate graphs from data and develop quantitative statements about the relationships between variables.