experimental design

This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Choose appropriate mathematics to solve a non-routine problem.
• Generate useful data by systematically controlling variables.
• Develop experimental and analytical models of a physical
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Student will design and carry out a scientific experiment to test possible improvements to a prototype (in this case, a prototype whirligig). A fictionalized, real-world scenario will frame the work to be completed by students.  This is an in-class activity that would take place...

In this task, students design an experiment using Fast Plants to test how well they remove copper and zinc toxins from the environment.

There are 3 parts: 1) preparation and participation in a Socratic Seminar on electronic waste (e waste), 2) designing and conducting a multi-week...

This common anlaytic rubric evaluates skills that cut across disciplines, with a focus on college and career readiness. Dimensions include research & investigation, ideas & content, reading & analysis, communication, organization, accuracy, and experimental design.

For this task, students will work in collaborative lab groups to observe pillbugs in their natural environment before developing an experimental question. Students will conduct reliable research to then create a model of their experiment and a scientific sketch of the pillbug. Once students have...

This task provides students with an opportunity to perform guided scientific inquiry.

Students will work with a partner or group to design and conduct an experiment to determine if a detergent containing enzymes is more effective than a detergent that does not contain enzymes in removing...