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**Subject ** Science Scientific Inquiry 7th grade Ms. Wartan
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45 minutes
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The overall goal is for students to understand and use the scientific inquiry process.
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conduct experiments and solve problems. ||
 * **IL.11 ** || GOAL: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions,
 * **IL.11.A ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">STANDARD: Know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of scientific inquiry. ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Instructional Objectives ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students will be able to determine the different steps in the scientific inquiry process. Students will be able to follow the scientific inquiry process.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1. Whiteboard 2. Clay 3. Straw 4. Flashlight 5. Paper
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//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Focus Attention/Motivation: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Students will get in groups and work on the discover activity. First, students will use a piece of clay as a base, set up a straw so that it stands up straight. Next they will shine a flashlight on the straw from as many directions as you can. Observe the different shadows you create. Record your observations. Last, students will determine whether you can make the shadow disappear while using the light. If you can, describe how you did it. This activity will introduce the curiosity of scientific inquiry and show students how they should make hypothesis and collect the data of what they learned on the experiment.
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//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Instructional Input & Modeling //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: I will introduce the scientific inquiry and why it’s important. I will break the class into six groups. Each group will have a section on the scientific inquiry process and have to teach the class what that section is. After all the groups present, I will name a step of the process and the students will write on their whiteboard what the process consists of. After every student finishes, they will show their partner. I will go in order for students to understand that the order is very important.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Student Engagement/Practice //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: Students will work with a partner to work on this experiment. The experiment is students will determine which falls fastest- an unfolded sheet of paper, a sheet of paper folded in fourths, or a crumbled sheet of paper. First students will ask any scientific questions that they might have during this experiment. Then students will come up with a hypothesis together and then follow with the experiment. As they perform the experiment, they will collect data and draw conclusions about if their hypothesis is correct. Last they will share their results with other groups.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Closure //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: With their partner, they will answer the questions at the end of the section.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The assessment will be the questions at the end of the section.
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