Students read text that describe the parts and functions of the microscope and …
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Category: Science Methods
This simple worksheet pairs with a lesson on the light microscope, where beginning …
Microscope Labeling
This investigation asks students to review the properties of water as they relate …
Investigation: Properties of Water (with Stats)
This activity is designed to help students become familiar with basic equipment found …
Investigation: Tools and Measurements
This activity was designed for advanced students as a way to explore how …
Investigation: Processes of Science
Students in biology and other science classes will do many experiments and investigations …
Lab Report Template
I have used this demonstration every year to introduce the scientific method. The …
Demo: BTB and Carbon Dioxide
Many teachers have adopted a “flipped” model of instruction, where students view lectures …
Video Lessons and Taking Notes
This activity can be used as part of a unit on plants or …
Investigation: What Factors Affect Seed Germination?
This activity is intended to introduce students to spreadsheets while also reinforcing concepts …
Investigation: Stride Length and Bone Lengths
One of my favorite scientific method activities was a project that used a …
Investigation: What Factors Affect Cricket Chirps?
High school teachers often assume that their students know how to use basic …
How to Use a Spreadsheet to Create a Graph
This activity can be a good introduction to logic and how fallacies can …
What Are Logical Fallacies?
This simple worksheet has two reading passages, similar to what students may see …
Scientific Method in Action
This lab is focused on fish and the metabolism of ectothermic (warm-blooded) animals. The …
Investigation: How Does Temperature Affect Respiration Rates of Fish
A simple demonstration using bromothymol blue to show students how the scientific method …
A Simple Demonstration for the Scientific Method
This case study explores a time before the Germ Theory when doctors were …
Case Study: John Snow and the Origin of Epidemiology
This investigation starts with a guided procedure where students gather data on the …
Investigation: What Factors Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia
A cooperative activity where students devise a way to save Sam, a gummy …
Saving Sam
Students compare the amount of water in three types of plants: a root …
Investigation: How Much Water Is In a Plant?
This investigation asks beginning students to develop a hypothesis about how quickly an …
Investigation: Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
Activity begins with an overview of different types of microscopes. Students learn to …
Investigation: How Can a Microscope Be Used to Make Observations?
Examine a flow chart which considers a question about water evaporation; hypotheses are …
Scientific Method – Answering Causal Questions
Read short stories about how scientists used the scientific method to solve real …
How Can the Scientific Method Solve Real-World Problems?
This activity combines literature with science as a fun way to show students …
Why Is Observation Important?
Students learn to use a basic light microscope by examining the structures and …
Introduction to the Light Microscope
This simple activity provides an introduction to laboratory techniques and data collection. Students …
Growing Sponge Animals
Inquiry investigation where students develop hypotheses to answer a question about lung capacity, …
Investigation: What Are the Processes of Science
students work in groups to develop an experiment that answers a question. Students …
Scientific Method Scenarios
This cartoon depicts students engaging in safe and unsafe activities. It is a …
Lab Safety Cartoon
This activity requires students to read stories where experiments were performed by members …