Scientific Thinking Unit

This includes:

• Lab Safety
• Scientific Method
• Metrics
• Process Skills: observation, inference, measuring, and predicting

Activities, Assignments, and Assessments done during this unit:

• Gummy Bear Lab
• Safety Rules Bumper Sticker
• Unit Test

Important Concepts and Vocabulary:

• Safety Rules
• Steps of the scientific method
• Variables: Dependent and Independent
• Constants
• Controls
• Units of measurement for length, mass, and capacity
• Metric conversions

Unit Test:

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Helpful Resources On the Web:

http://www.metricamerica.com/

http://js082.k12.sd.us/Notes_and_Wrkshts/Metric_Factor-Lable/metric_system_info.htm

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/kids/metric.htm

http://www.themetricsystem.info/howtolearn.htm

http://www.think-metric.com/homea.html