Lesson 4 - Carrying out an Investigation

Introduction

Today’s lesson will discuss an important aspect of science, carrying out an investigation. Scientists have carried out thousands of investigations over time. Investigations help us learn about phenomena. Some investigations we will complete this year will have instructions. Other investigations will require you to plan, gather evidence, and design an investigation yourself.

Simple Investigation

Directions: 

  1. Grab your Science Journal and a pencil.
  2. Write down today’s lesson title at the top of your next journal page. 
  3. Write today’s learning objective on the first line.
  4. Watch the video below. 

 

 

In your Science Journal: Using the information from the video, plan a simple investigation to see if a baseball would float or sink in a bucket of water. You will share your plan on a Flip.

          1. What would your plan be?
          2. What evidence would you need to collect?
          3. How could you design your investigation to give you the best evidence?

Assignment

    1. Record yourself discussing your plan and how you’ll collect evidence.
    2. Watch and comment on at least two other students’ investigation plans!

Go to the next page to complete the Flip assignment.

 

 

  

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