Scientific Method
Fourth grade Chemistry lesson
Liaison: Jared Kesselheim
Date: 10/23/98
Group Members: Anne Beaudreau and Kerry Jordan
School: Peabody
Teacher: Kathy Simpson
Materials:
plastic cups
three colors of food coloring: red, blue, yellow
nametags
stickers
worksheets (about lesson)
Procedure:
Since this is our first time teaching, we will start off the lesson with introductions
and nametags. We will also go over classroom rules/policies and then ask the kids if there
is anything in particular they would like us to cover in the way of topics.
Then we are going to teach the kids about the scientific method (the teacher actually suggested
we cover this, too). We will set up the kids in lab partners and then give them each a plastic cup,
and food coloring. We will have discussed the purpose (to find out what happens when two food coloring colors
are mixed in water), and we will have asked them to make a hypothesis. We will then ask them to
carry out three trials: red + blue, red + yellow, and yellow + blue, as the experimentation part
of the scientific method. They will record their observations on a worksheet we will give them,
and will then write one sentence as their conclusion (basically describing whether their hypothesis was correct).
Evaluation:
We are planning on giving the kids a simple worksheet at the beginning of the class and by the end of the
class, if they have listened carefully and understood the basics of our lesson, they
should be able to fill out this sheet. As an incentive to listen and pay attention, we will
give each kid who fills out the worksheet correctly a sticker.
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