Today, we focused on what makes a question scientifically testable. Students explored this idea by reading various questions and deciding what they could change about the question to make it more testable. The questions used for this are in the document "Working with Questions" in the pdf below. Students then discussed what all their revised questions had in common and we generated a list of criteria for what makes a question scientifically testable. The list is as follows:
What Makes a Question Scientifically Testable?
· Testable questions ask about objects, organisms, and events in the natural world.
· Testable questions can be answered through investigations that involve experiments, observations, or surveys.
· Testable questions are answered by collecting and analyzing evidence that is measurable.
· Testable questions relate to scientific ideas rather than personal preference or moral values.
· Testable questions do not relate to the supernatural or to non-measurable phenomena.
After we generated the listed students read the three letters (also found in the document below), chose one of the three, and generated two testable questions based on the statements in the letter they chose. For each question, students must describe how they would test it, and how they would measure evidence. Classes will finish this on Monday, and it will be collected for a grade.
What Makes a Question Scientifically Testable?
· Testable questions ask about objects, organisms, and events in the natural world.
· Testable questions can be answered through investigations that involve experiments, observations, or surveys.
· Testable questions are answered by collecting and analyzing evidence that is measurable.
· Testable questions relate to scientific ideas rather than personal preference or moral values.
· Testable questions do not relate to the supernatural or to non-measurable phenomena.
After we generated the listed students read the three letters (also found in the document below), chose one of the three, and generated two testable questions based on the statements in the letter they chose. For each question, students must describe how they would test it, and how they would measure evidence. Classes will finish this on Monday, and it will be collected for a grade.
questions_and_letters.pdf |
Study Skills: Continue working on the worksheets posted Wednesday. Also, you can measure your progress by taking the opening the online book and taking the chapter assessment linked to here http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/media/repository/protected_content/COMPOUND/50000023/32/2/100_test/100_test.html?stateCode=FL
You must have the online book open in order for that link to work. If you take this online assessment, don't worry about 11, 12, and 15. We are not studying those ideas yet.
You must have the online book open in order for that link to work. If you take this online assessment, don't worry about 11, 12, and 15. We are not studying those ideas yet.