Category: Science Methods

In AP Biology, early units focus on the chemistry of life which includes …

This introductory lab introduces students to the concept of hypothesis testing. Students determine …

My freshman students have limited lab experiences from earlier grades. I remember asking …

At the beginning of the year, I often discuss with my students what …

Examine data that compares states that allow trophy hunting of pumas to California …

Do you find that your students need more practice with analyzing graphs and …

If your students don’t have a statistics class, chances are they will first …

I made this remote version of Early Discoveries in Science – CER to …

This worksheet describes the difference between an independent (manipulated) and dependent (responding) variable …

If you want to introduce your students to the world of science podcasts, …

This simple experiment can be used as a way to introduce or reinforce …

This short exercise has students analyze an experiment that was described in Nature …

Students who are just learning how to do CER’s (claim, evidence, reasoning) often …

This worksheet is one of the older ones in my collection, and was …

Looking for some interesting way to introduce the scientific method? Many textbooks start …

Students in most science classes start with an overview of scientific processes. For …

If you do labs in your science classroom, you are probably aware of …

I have found my students have a great deal of difficulty with the …

This lab was modified from the "Penny Lab" to focus more on the …

Have you ever thought about how insects with 6 legs actually crawl?  Human …

This exercise illustrates the difference between bar graphs and scatter plots and walks …

 Students practice analyzing pie charts, scatter plots, and bar graphs in the basic …