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Details
| Type of Product: | NSTA Press Book (also see downloadable PDF version of this book) |
| Publication Title: | Science Fair Warm-Up Series |
| Publication Date: | 11/15/2012 |
| Pages: | 71 |
| Stock Number: | PB328X4 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-936959-20-4 |
| Grade Level: | Elementary School, Middle School |
| Read Inside: | Read a sample chapter: Starting Points |
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Description
To the teacher:
Although this book is intended as a guide for your students, NSTA has you covered as well! Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: Learning the Practice of Scientists provides all of the information you need to guide your students through the activities included in this book.
To the student:
Have you ever entered a science fair or carried out a real scientific investigation? Now is your chance!
Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 5–8 provides you with the opportunity to choose a great science project. For instance, you might carry out experiments about the best designs for paper helicopters or the best ways to prevent rusting, among other possibilities. If you prefer, you can select an inquiry of your own and even work with a partner.
As you work on your project, your teacher will give you help along the way. Together you will explore problems other students have encountered—problems of designing and carrying out experiments, collecting and making sense of your findings, and sharing and displaying what you have learned.
As you follow in the footsteps of scientists, you will learn about the ways in which scientists carry out scientific research and begin to understand how they have uncovered so much about how our universe works.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Asking questions
Collecting data
Communicating
Experimenting
Hypothesizing
Interpreting data
Measuring
Observing
Predicting
Scientific habits of mind
Using scientific equipment
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| Intended User Role: | Elementary-Level Educator, Middle-Level Educator, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Contents
Be Safe!
Chapter 1: Starting Points
* Paper Helicopters
* What Makes Seeds Grow?
* Check Rust
* What Makes Sow Bugs Move?
* Bouncing Balls
** Louis Braille’s Invention
** Archimedes’ Screw
** Electric Cells
** The Right Nail for the Right Job
** Suffocating Candles
*** Women Can! Men Can’t!
*** Smoking Chimneys
*** Acid Rain and Pollution
*** Life on the Moon
*** Falling Leaves
Chapter 2: An Overview of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry
* Beginner Scientists and Experienced Scientists
Chapter 3: Science Without Numbers
* Wondering Why
Chapter 4: The Numbers Game
* Learning to Play the Numbers Game
Chapter 5: Variables and Their Control
* Being Fair
Chapter 6: Experiment Design
* Getting Experiments to Work: Repeatability
Chapter 7: Sources of Error
* Taking the Average
Chapter 8: Making Sense of Your Results
* Charting Your Data
Chapter 9: Explanations
* Looking for Patterns and Trends: Generalizing
Chapter 10: Sharing Your Findings
* Displaying Your Project
Chapter 11: Judging Projects
* Checking Quality
Chapter 12: Generating Ideas for Projects
* Ideas From Previous Science Fairs
Appendix A. Science Fair Project Judging Criteria
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National Standards Correlation
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- Science as Inquiry
- Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. (K-4)
- Plan and conduct a simple investigation. (K-4)
- Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses. (K-4)
- Communicate investigations and explanations.
- Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
- Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Scientific investigations involve asking and answering a question and comparing the answer with what scientists already know about the world. (K-4)
- Scientists use different kinds of investigations depending on the questions they are trying to answer.
- Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
- Simple instruments, such as magnifiers, thermometers, and rulers, provide more information than scientists obtain using only their senses.
- Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations. (K-4)
- Current scientific knowledge and understanding guide scientific investigations. (5-8)
- Scientists conduct investigations for a wide variety of reasons. For example, they may wish to discover new aspects of the natural world, explain recently observed phenomena, or test the conclusions of prior investigations or the predictions of current theories. (9-12)
- Teaching Standards
- Teachers of science develop communities of science learners that reflect the intellectual rigor of scientific inquiry.
- Model and emphasize the skills, attitudes, and values of scientific inquiry.
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