Take Home Lab #1
March 2, 2009 by claguna
Let’s try something new…a lab you do at home. This one doesn’t require you buy anything, just that you exercise your curiosity and inquiry skills.
Step 1: Read the lab found at this link.
Step 2: Make observations as you try the lab and list them in your lab notebook (write the date and use the lab notebook skills you have learned this year.)
Step 3: Ask your own question to further your understanding of what is happening in the experiment. Your question should be in the form: “How will changing the independent variable, _________________ ,affect the dependent variable, ______________?”
Step 4: Write your procedure and conduct the experiment. Be sure to record the data in a data table.
Step 5: Write a conclusion for the experiment. Follow all the guidelines for writing a lab report.
Due Date – Let’s make this lab due on Monday, March 16th. Tell us how it is going or share your research questions by commenting to this post. It would be great if you could take pictures of your experiment for your lab report. I’m looking forward to seeing what you learn!
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Dear Mrs. laguna,
As I did this lab I was surprized on how the water bent tword the comb and so was my family when they saw what I did. I think that this is a good lab expirement for us to do at home and I enjoyed it.
Can we do this agian some time?
sicearly,
Mat