collect information using tools, including computing devices, hand lenses, primary balances, cups, bowls, magnets, collecting nets, and notebooks; timing devices; non-standard measuring items; weather instruments such as demonstration thermometers; and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums; and
A 60 minute lesson in which students will be introduced to a research task for them to undertake about a material of their choosing.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to build solid scientific conclusions for experiments.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate materials and their absorptive properties through a scientific investigation.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to develop an effective hypothesis for scientific investigations.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to develop scientific lines of questioning to initiate a scientific investigation.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the ways humans produce and use processed materials.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of natural materials by humans throughout history.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine and understand the differences between natural and processed materials and their uses.
This Chemical Sciences unit investigates natural and processed materials. Demonstrations and experimental procedures are explored with particular attention given to the scientific method.