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Unit Overview:Inquiry and the Scientific Method

Students in sixth grade are ready to formalize their understanding of what an experiment requires by controlling variables to ensure a fair test. Their work becomes more quantitative, and they learn the importance of carrying out several measurements to minimize sources of error. Because sixth grade students use a greater range of tools and equipment, they must learn safe laboratory practices. At the conclusion of their investigations, students in sixth grade can be expected to prepare reports of their questions, procedures, and conclusions.

Unit Objectives:
  • Formulate a testable hypothesis.
  • Design and conduct an experiment specifying variables to be changed, controlled, and measured.
  • Select appropriate tools and technology (e.g., calculators, computers, thermometers, meter sticks, balances, graduated cylinders, and microscopes), and make quantitative observations.
  • Present and explain data and findings using multiple representations, including tables, graphs, mathematical and physical models, and demonstrations.
  • Draw conclusions based on data or evidence presented in tables or graphs, and make inferences based on patterns or trends in the data.
  • Communicate procedures and results using appropriate science and technology terminology.
  • Offer explanations of procedures, and critique and revise them.


    • Helpful & Fun Science Websites

    Textbook Publisher's Website

               http://www.phschool.com

    This is the publisher's Web site which has interactive virtual experiments, activities, and practice tests to accompany the classroom lessons.


    Biology in Motion

            http://biologyinmotion.com

    The Web site offers highly engaging, creative, and clever interactives to illustrate basic processes and concepts in biology. 


    The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements

            www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

    You've probably never seen a periodic table of the elements quite like this one.  Nearly every element in the table is accompanied by at least one comic book panel, and sometimes many.  If you click on a panel, you can view the whole comic book page. In most cases, there's actually some tidbit of scientific information in the comic about that particular element.


    The Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module

    http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate.htm

    This educational module was designed to allow students to interactively explore plate tectonics and earthquake studies. It is divided into four major sections: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, GPS, and Space Technology at Work. All of the sections include background material and activities.


    Exploratorium

            www.exploratorium.edu

    This is the San Francisco's Exploratorium Web site which has won numerous Best of the Web awards around the world.  The Explore area contains Online Activities, Online Exhibitions, Webcasts, Hands-on Activites, Science News, an Online Magazine, and Cool Sites.


    The Why Files

            http://whyfiles.org

    This Web site publishes a new, illustrated article on the science behind the headlines each week.  The stories have compelling graphics, are written in plain English, and cover their topics well - and with a certain sense of humor.  Materials are organized for students in Grades 5 - 8, or 9 - 12.


    Nemo Dive!

    http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/dive.html

    This web site lets you dive with a remotely operated vehicle to the seafloor and back at Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano. Dive! is an interactive experience using video and computer animation that allows you explore black smoker vents, unusual life forms, and newly erupted lava flows.


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