Current unit: Dynamics – Friction
- Attendance
- Review homework – Worksheet – Friction
- The Scientific Method
- Discuss with the person beside you – what is the scientific method?
- Watch first 3 videos
- Discuss difference between independent variable, dependent variable, and controlled variables
- Experimental design
- Develop a hypothesis about school water fountains – of the office, gym, and cafeteria fountains, which is the best?
- Homework: write out procedures to test the hypothesis
- Clear and concise instructions (numbered list)
- Double-blind study
- Eliminate as many sources of error as possible
- Wrap-up