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Science Fairs Made Easy!! |
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Identifying the problem |
1. After students have begun their research project have them share how each group will do their project. This will convey the message that every project has a different method of investigation. |
1. Explain that there are not fixed procedures for guiding scientific investigations; however, the nature of an investigation determines the procedures needed. |
Guide students on where to proceed with their project. Make sure each student knows that every project is different. |
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2. Request that students list every type of tool they need to use during the data collection and organization stage of their project. |
2. Choose the appropriate tools or instruments and use relevant safety procedures to complete scientific investigations. |
Give students a sample handout on how to organize one's data. Take a science experiment and show the class how to correctly organize one's data. |
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3. Give students a brief lesson on how technology is used in society. What kind of technology do you need to use in your project? Do you need a telescope or do you need a refrigerator? Some examples are the refrigerator, television, and video games. What would life be like without these inventions? |
3. Explain how technology influences the quality of life. |
Have students confer as a group on what technology has done for their lives. What types of technology do you have that your parents did not have? |
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Stating a hypothesis |
4. Have students select several hypotheses for their project, even one that sounds unreasonable. Give them an example of how some scientists stumbled upon their inventions. |
4. Identify that hypotheses are valuable even when they are not supported. |
Give an example topic. Have students confer in groups with questions on why something happens. |
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GRADE 6 - Steps of Science Project where Content Standards are used |