This school year is off to a great start in the physical
science classroom. Students began the
year by learning and practicing their measurement skills. Next they began to study the components of
experimental design. They first studied
the Scientific Method and then the components of a well-designed experiment. Students were tasked with designing an
experiment that would test the claim of a selected magazine advertisement. In designing the experiment, they could
assume unlimited resources as they decided what materials they would need to
carry out their written procedure. They
also had to identify the components of experimental design: question,
hypothesis, independent and dependent variables, constants, control, and repeated
trials. Students were able to
demonstrate creativity in the design of their experiment and on their
poster. If you come visit the 8th
grade science hallway you will be able to see their creativity hanging on the
wall!
Students are now in the middle of the unit on
characteristics of matter. They have
been busy studying and experimenting with phase changes, states of matter,
solubility, thermal energy, heat transfer, physical and chemical changes. It is
hard to believe that this week will mark the middle of the quarter and the
halfway point of our study of chemistry!
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