Friday September 13th - Exploring Parts of and Experiment

Today we explored parts of an experiment through a reading called, "Life Saver."  The reading explores a study conducted to see if softer baseballs are actually safer than harder baseballs.

Click the image of the article to access the entire article and questions.  

Our students will become familiar with the vocabulary used in conducting an experiment such as:

• independent and dependent variables
• control
• constant
• hypothesis

Once familiar with the language and expectations then we will perform some of our own experiments in class, collect the data and create our own conclusion!