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Monday October 3, 2016

  By MsCBlack • October 2, 2016 ,

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

Watch the following advertisement, then answer the following questions:

  1. What is an advertising claim?
  2. What claim is being made in the ad below?

We are going to finish out the first unit on the scientific method and science in media by looking at advertising claims one last time. Read and follow the instructions on the handout “Advertising Claims.” Complete the chart.

Take up responses to the chart (Examples from football ad).

Next, you will learn a bit more about media literacy. Read the definition for media literacy. Are you media literate? Examine the comic on the page and response to the “Check Your Understanding” and “Making Connection” questions.

Take up the responses together.

Now, some of you have completed your “Science in Media” task from last week, but many of you have not yet handed this in. If you are not finished, use the remaining time to finish it.

If you are finished your experiment from last week, you will read and respond to “Analyzing Energy Drinks” and share your answers with each other to check your work.

Finally, as an exit slip, answer the following:

  1. What do you think about energy drinks now? Has your opinion changed after reading the article today?
  2. Do you think that energy drinks should be available to anyone and everyone?

 

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Thursday September 29, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 28, 2016 ,

Learning Goals:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

Begin by looking at your experimental results from yesterday. What do you see with your results? Add these observations to your chart.

Review your observations and write a conclusion:

  • answer your question,
  • decide whether the claim made in the add is true
  • identify any errors that were made or how you could improve your experimental design.

Collect all of your work for this experiment, and hand it in with the rubric.

Next we will end off the week by evaluating the scientific process in the Mythbusters!

We are going to now review the scientific method from a favourite source: Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters. As we view the episode “DO try this at home” you should be identifying the scientific method seen in one of the experiments using this form.

We will discuss what we see.

 

 

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Wednesday September 28, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 27, 2016 ,

Learning Goals:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

Experiment day!

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Leave your laundry to dry overnight before making your final observations.

We are going to now review the scientific method from a favourite source: Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters. As we view the episode “DO try this at home” you should be identifying the scientific method seen in one of the experiments using this form.

We will discuss what we see.

 

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September 27, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 27, 2016

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

We will be conducting our experiments.

Before you begin, you must have

  • A clear question
  • A hypothesis
  • Materials list
  • Clear, step by step procedures
  • Table to record your observations

Once you have  the above ready to go, gather your materials and get started!

 

 

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Monday September 26, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 25, 2016

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

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How to make a PB&J sandwich demo.

What happened?

Let’s take a look at how this relates to science.

How to Plan an Experiment

In our last class, you were asked to choose a product to test. Today, your mission is to create a procedure that is clear and can be followed by ANYONE. Keep in mind fair-test rules.

When you and your partner have created your procedures, hand them in.

Before you leave, create a list of materials – what will you need to conduct your experiment?

 

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Friday September 23, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 22, 2016

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

You will be designing your own experiment to test a claim about a product. But first, we will review the scientific method using the quiz below. Keep track of your responses and at the end we will review any misconceptions and mistunderstandings.

The Scientific Method

Next we will look at your project: Science in the Media and Rubric

Today, you need to choose a partner to wor with and decide what product and claim you want to test. You can test any of the products you have seen in the ads this week, or find your own. You may find the document Science in the Media Support a helpful way to organize your work.

Goal for today:

  • Choose a product
  • Identify the claim being made
  • Create an experimental question and hypothesis

If you are finished the above, start thinking about how you can test your product. How can you make it a fair test?

Make sure to record your sources as you go and check in with me to get your work approved.

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September 22, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 21, 2016

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

We will be competing our ADD BUSTERS experiment today. First lets review the procedures:

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Before you begin, you should create your Hypothesis.

To help you understand what I am looking for, we will use a tool to help us with our experiment: Laboratory Self-Check. We will star the criteria that we will focus on today.

Run the experiment and record observations in a table like this:

Time (min) Temperature of Styrofoam Temperature of ceramic
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2
4
6

Once finished, create a line graph to show your results. Finally, draw a conclusion. This means your should answer your question.

If time remains, we will look at your final task for this unit: Science in the Media and Rubric

 

 

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Wednesday September 21, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 20, 2016 ,

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

Recap – Science in advertising:

We will view two more commercials that make some sort of claim. Your mission is to answer these questions for each of the following videos:

• What claims are made about the product being advertised?
• What advertising methods are used to make us believe these claims?
• Do you believe in the claims made about these products? Why or why not?

Today we are going to put a product to the test. We will become “Add-Busters.”

We will look at a scenario and create a FAIR TEST to examine the claim. Before we begin this test, we need to review expectations for conducting an experiment as scientists…

A tool to help you make sure your are on track can be found here: Self-Check. Today, I want to focus on planning, conducting and recording.

 

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Tues. September 20, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 20, 2016 ,

Learning Goal
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.

Let’s begin by reviewing yesterday – we looked at some science present in advertising. We will look at 2 more examples today.

We will view two more commercials that make some sort of claim. Your mission is to answer these questions for each of the following videos:

• What claims are made about the product being advertised?
• What advertising methods are used to make us believe these claims?
• Do you believe in the claims made about these products? Why or why not?

For the remainder of class, we will work on completing our investigations from last week. We will review the experiments, process, and rubrics for the O-Wing experiments.

 

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Monday September 19, 2016

  By MsCBlack • September 19, 2016

Learning Goal:
We are learning to use the scientific method to investigate processes, ideas, and issues.
We are learning to think about the ways science is presented in the media

You have looked at the Mythbusters scientific method, but did you know we are bombarded with messages constantly that relate to science and the scientific method?!

We will view several videos that make some sort of claim. Your mission is to answer these questions for each of the following videos:

• What claims are made about the product being advertised?
• What advertising methods are used to make us believe these claims?
• Do you believe in the claims made about these products? Why or why not?

Next we will look at a unique idea for a science fair project with the reading Science Detectives. Read and answer the questions at the end of the article. Once finished, share your responses with a partner.

In Canada, are there any rules about the claims advertisers can make about products?

Finally, we will do a bit of review on the scientific method, as I was away last week. Scientific Method Jeopardy