Scientific+Investigations

Kristy Lathrop 8th grade science teacher Mesa Middle School Douglas County School District lathrop.kristy(at)gmail.com
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﻿**Click** **here** **to visit my planning page** Back in the day, I would have handed out some CSAP released items and we would have completed them individually and shared our results. Now, I start by showing this video as well as my [|lab report] .  media type="file" key="Chuck it Investigation.mov" width="300" height="300"    I challenge my students to evaluate the investigation and then report their thoughts on Edmodo Here are some of their responses: Next, we create a list of the characteristics of quality investigations:

Finally, I challenge my students to use this knowledge to create an investigation, based on a previous experiment. This process allows students to construct their own understanding and should make the content more meaningful.