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Curated OER

Generating Hypotheses & Experimental Design 2

For Students 7th - 12th
An outline walks your scientists through the steps of the scientific process. It begins by taking a general idea and developing a hypothesis based on related factors. Each investigator then plans a method for testing the hypothesis,...
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Curated OER

Designing Experiments - Procedures for Teachers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students evaluate a hypothetical experimental design and attempt to improve upon it. In this scientific method activity, students are presented with an experiment and are instructed to determine its flaws. They conduct their own...
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Flipped Math

Experimental Design

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Experimentally, come up with a study design. Learners hear about different types of study designs, observational studies, and experiments. They identify the subjects, response variable, treatment, and whether there was a cause and...
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Florida International University

Design Your Own

For Students 9th - 12th
Apply scientific principles to designing an experiment to study organisms living on the coral reef in our oceans. Through reading, individuals learn about the coral reef ecosystem and important factors that affect its function. Using the...
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Curated OER

Generating Hypotheses and Experimental Design 1

For Students 7th - 12th
Here is a thorough exercise in forming hypotheses for scientific investigations. Young scientists consider factors that may be related to the question they would like to address. They think through measurable changes that may result from...
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Curated OER

Bellwork for Week 5-Minerals and Experimental Design

For Students 7th - 9th
In this minerals and experimental design worksheet, students answer questions about variables in experiments, identification of minerals, mining and properties of minerals.
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Teach Engineering

Cell Membrane Experimental Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Grandma said to gargle with salt water for a sore throat. Was she right? In the last part of the seven-part unit, lab groups design an experiment to test a cells reaction to salt solutions. The pupils conduct their experiment to answer...
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American Statistical Association

Choosing a Study Design for the Polio Vaccine

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Be on the right side of history. Scholars first learn about polio and the meetings of the 1954 Salk polio vaccine study. In groups, they select roles, such as parents, government officials, and statisticians, and decide on the best...
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Curated OER

Dental Chemistry Analogy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After taking in background information on teeth, marble, eggshell, and fluoride, chemistry aces design an experiment. Their goal is to demonstrate whether or not fluoride has a similar effect on marble or eggshell as it does on tooth...
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Curated OER

1999 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part III

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry olympiad laboratory activity, learners design and carry out two experiments. They design one experiment to test for the percent mass of a substance in a solution and they design another experiment to identify two...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Tracking Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's that buzzing in your ear? An insightful lesson about genetically modified mosquitoes! Partnered pupils explore the creation, release, and monitoring of mosquitoes designed to reduce the mosquito population. After watching a video,...
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Curated OER

Standard One: Lab Design and Appendix A Lab Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this lab design and lab skills worksheet, high schoolers answer questions about experimental design including finding variables, determining controls, and graphing data. They answer questions about microscopy and label the parts of a...
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Curated OER

2008 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part III

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemistry olympiad lab worksheet, chemists are required to design two experiments. In one, they design an experiment to identify seven solutions given to them in pipettes. In the other, they design an experiment to determine the...
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Curated OER

Research Question, Hypothesis and Experimental Design

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss steps of the scientific process, as well as, observe a picture of the beach that they will visit. Students create a testable hypothesis about marine debris  at the beach. In this science lesson, students create a...
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Curated OER

Hazards: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 4th Standards
Learn about damage associated with earthquakes and materials that best withstand a quake. A lab engages class members in the experimental design and construction of sturdy structures that can endure various earthquake intensities. Groups...
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Edmond Public Schools

8th Grade Science Resource Book: Unit 2 - Physics

For Students 8th Standards
Get things moving with this extensive collection of physical science resources. Covering the fundamentals of measurement, graphing, lab safety, and experimental design as well as the specific scientific concepts of velocity,...
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Odell Education

Scientific Process and Experimental Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The scientific method keeps you from believing only what you want to believe — it expands your mind. The lesson plan introduces the eight steps in the scientific process and how to design an experiment to biology scholars. Live insects...
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Curated OER

Open Inquiry Using C. elegans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ever wondered what motivates a roundworm? Introduce your biology class to C. elegans, a non-parasitic model organism that can help them understand behavioral stimuli. Paired pupils design an experiment to test the worm's reaction to...
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Curated OER

Student - Designed Density Experiment and Poster

For Students 6th - 8th
In this student-designed experiment worksheet, students decide on an experimental problem to solve. Students use the scientific method to perform an experiment and record the data. Students calculate the density of liquid used in the...
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Curated OER

Density and Buoyancy Experimental Design

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students must plan, design, and conduct an experiment that answers the scientific question: "Come up with a question that addresses the factors (variables) of the water and its effect on whether an object floats or sinks."
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University of Minnesota

C. elegans and Alcohol

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Investigate experimental design through a hands-on exploration. A creative lesson plan allows learners to design an experiment to monitor the effects of alcohol on the C. elegans worm. After conducting the experiment, individuals analyze...
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Curated OER

Nature of Science and Measurement Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nature of science and measurement worksheet, students answer 30 questions about experimental design, pure science vs. applied science, density, metric conversions and dimensional analysis.
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Teach Engineering

How Effective is Your Sunscreen?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Protect skin from UV radiation! Groups design and conduct an experiment to test the effectiveness of UV safety products. The groups collect the data from the experiment and prepare a lab report. In the second day of the activity,...
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Curated OER

Creating an Experimental Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research the damage to the environment by certain plant species. They create an experimental design which they test how these species take over certain habitats. They share their information with the class.

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