Monday 8/31

Journal:

I design an experiment to see how different liquids affect a tomato plant’s growth. I think that if I “water” the tomato plant with a sugary drink then it will grow faster than if I “water” it with normal water or a salty drink. I get three tomato plants and pot them in the same size of pot with the same soil. I place them all in the same window on the same side of the house and “water” them every day at 5:00pm. One plant is watered with water, one with 7Up, and one with V8 juice. I record the plant’s growth each day for 30 days. In this example, identify the following:

a. hypothesis
b. independent variable

c. dependent variable

d. constants

e. control

f. question

Today I collected your Coin Lab, then we worked on a series of worksheets to review the scientific method and parts of the experiment.

Here is the link to all 3 worksheets:

Scientific Method Practice

HW:  none, just make sure to  bring your papers back with you tomorrow

Friday 8/28

Journal:

I design an experiment where I’m going to have a runner eat 5 different energy bars before running one mile. The first day, the runner gets 8 hours of sleep, wakes up, eats an energy bar, and runs one mile at 7:00am. I time the mile and record my data. Over the next 4 days, we repeat the procedure with 4 different energy bars and time the mile. In this example, identify the following:

1. independent variable
2. dependent variable
3. constants
4. control

Today I collected your paragraph about something you wonder about, then we finished data for the Coin Lab and finished anything left of the graph, analysis, or conclusion. We will hand it in on Monday.

HW: Anything left of Coin Lab