Mr. Considine's Science Scholars: 2022

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Science Fair Projects

1. Visual --> You can use a display board or create a Slides presentation.

2. Oral Presentation to the class

Your Slideshow should include the following information:

1) Title Slide (due 1/4/23)
Full Heading! Include your topic as well. :)

Show some creativity here, but make sure the title and heading are legible :)

2) Background Research (due 1/4/23)

What is the science of your topic? Image search your topic; make some observations and inferences. What are real life applications of this topic? (*5-7 sentences minimum, 4 associated images required)

3) Introduction (due 1/4/23)

In this slide, explain your problem or question. Why did you choose this problem? Where did you get the idea? What is your purpose? What are you going to investigate?

Include the following:

a. What's your independent variable?

b. What's your dependent variable?

c. What's are three constants?

4. Materials and Methods (due TBD)

In this section, please give a bulleted list of your materials.

Include PICTURES of your materials; please take photos for evidence!!!

5. Hypothesis (due TBD)

In this section, state your hypothesis. Why did you make this hypothesis? What is the outcome you expect to see and why? Use an If/then/because.....

If I change this variable...

Then I'll measure its effects on another variable...

And this is my reasoning....

(Remember: Your hypothesis is “a best guess based upon your observations.”)

6) Procedure (due TBD)

Write the step by step process of what you did in the lab here. Include PICTURES!!

7) Results (due TBD)

In this section, explain what happened in your experiment. Use a data table, graph, pictures of your results, etc. On your graph, make sure to label the following: title, x-axis, y-axis, and units. What is your Independent Variable? Dependent Variable? Constants?

*A Data Table and a Graph must be included*

8) Conclusion (due TBD)

(Written in paragraph form, think ELA assignment)

Restate the problem in your own words.

My hypothesis (is/is not supported) because___________________.

If I had the opportunity to complete this investigation again, I would change _______because__________.

What did you learn in this investigation? What did you like about this investigation?

What were some challenges you had to deal with? My possible sources of error for the lab were _______because _____.

What could you do next with this problem? What other tests could you perform?

How is this investigation connected to 'real life'? What is the REAL science that is going on?

Are there any connections to what we have learned in class? If so, explain.

Write down any other additional thoughts, observations, or inferences.

10) Bibliography (due TBD)

List any books, websites, magazines, journals or other sources you used for your research or experimentation. (Note: google.com and mrconsidinescience.blogspot.com are NOT acceptable; get more specific!)

**Proofread the entire Slideshow with a parent, sibling, friend, another teacher, or ME!!!; editing content, grammar mistakes and punctuation is important. ***

Here are some helpful websites:

1. https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/

2. http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml

3. http://www.education.com/science-fair/

4. http://www.sciencebob.com/sciencefair/ideas.php

5. https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/energy-power

6. https://www.weareteachers.com/7th-grade-science-projects/

7. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
-- Make your own graph online website!!!--

If you need any help, please come to room 305 at lunch or after school.

Very Important Tips/Tricks/Hints

1. Have fun doing this! Learn something. Experiment. Explore.

2. What is your Independent Variable? Dependent Variable? Constants?
3. You must have proof that YOU did the research for your project. Have some type of visual evidence i.e. photographs, video clip.

Additional tips.....

Infer is based on observations in the present moment; this is why I think this happened. A prediction is future based; I think this will happen because I observe this now.
. Additional research explains your results, i.e. why did this happen? Use a search engine!
Use specific websites too! i.e. not just google.com, mrconsidinescience.blogspot.com, wikipedia.org, youtube.com, etc
This is not an ELA, but proper spelling, punctuation and grammar are expected in this class.
Test and retest to gather more evidence to support your data! A presentation deserving of an A+ will have 3 trials!

*** The Exhibit ***

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps3-4-energy

hthtttps://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ess2-5-earths-systems

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ls1-1-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps2-5-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps2-2-motion-and-stability-forces-and-interactions

Monday, December 12, 2022

Lab #3 – Heating Up and Cooling Down

Lab #3 – Heating Up and Cooling Down

Copy ↑ into your Lab/Science Notebooks

Do you remember how long it took for a cup of hot chocolate to cool before you could take a sip? Why do hot drinks come in styrofoam or special paper cups? Why do teachers drink hot drinks out of porcelain mugs instead of metal, or plastic cups? Do you have a thermos? If so, what's so special about it? ←↑just read that↗ ↗

Problem copy this as always

What will happen to the beaker of ice water, room temperature water and boiling water over time?

Hypothesis copy this as always, make your own hypotheses; use the prompts below as guidance ↙↘

I predict that if I leave a beaker of ice water out then __________________ will happen because_____________.

I predict that if I leave a beaker of room temperature water out then ______________ will happen because __________________.

I predict that if I leave a beaker of boiling water out then __________________ will happen because_____________.

Materials copy this as always

3 beakers, 250 mL

3 thermometers

Online Stopwatch

Ice

Heat Source

Procedure READ this as always.

Use the data table to record the temperature of water in three beakers every minute from 0 to 10 min.
Fill one beaker with 250 mL of water. Place the beaker on a hot plate and bring the water to a boil. Carefully remove the hot beaker from the hot plate.
Record the water temperature in your data table at minute 0, and then every minute for 10 min.
Repeat step 3 starting with water at room temperature and ice water.

Results copy these 3 data tables as always, use a ruler!

Ice Water

Time (min.)	Temperature (°F)	Temperature (°C)
0	32 ° F	0°C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Room Temperature water

Time (min.)	Temperature (°F)	Temperature (°C)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Boiling Water

Time (min.)	Temperature (°F)	Temperature (°C)
0	212°F	100°C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Analysis

1. Use your data tables to construct a line graph from all three data tables. There should be three lines: ice water (colored blue), room temperature, and boiling water (colored red).

This is an example of line graph a. ↓↓↓↓

Please answer ALL of these Analysis questions in complete sentences.
2. What happened to the temperature of the boiling water over time? Explain your answer.

3. What happened to the temperature of the ice water over time? Explain your answer.

4. What happened to the temperature of the room temperature water over time? Explain your answer.

5. Do you think there will be a temperature at which they would eventually meet? If so, where do you think it will be? If not, why not?

6. Think Deeper: Why is the title of this lab called "Heating Up and Cooling Down" ?
7. Go Beyond: Illustrate the three beakers, label them, draw "heat arrows" showing the flow of thermal energy from the higher temperature substance to the lower temperature substance.
8. All three beakers started at different temperatures, and at the end they are in t______ eq_________ at the same temperature -- "room temperature." Energy has moved from the ______ temperature objects to the objects at _____ temperature, until there no longer is a difference. (Fill in the blanks; copy the sentence down.)

Conclusion

What was your problem?

Restate your hypothesis. Was it right? wrong? why or why not?
Did you change your hypothesis in the middle of your investigation? If so, why?
How is this investigation connected to 'real life'?

What did you learn in this lab?

What did you like about this lab?

What were some challenges you had to deal with?

What could you do next with this problem? What other tests could you perform?

Write down any other additional thoughts, observations, inferences, etc.

And yes, follow the prompts to complete your Conclusion↖↗

Monday, November 7, 2022

Renewable Resources Science Article

Follow these simple steps to make an A!
1) Summarize the article in 5-7 sentences (i.e. What is the article about?)
2) How does this affect us? (1 sentence min.)
3) Why is this important? (1 sentence min.)
4) How is this science related? (1 sentence min.)
5) Pick a science word and write its definition. Use a dictionary or www.dictionary.com
6) Draw a picture!
7) Make sure to include your source. i.e. Where did you get your information from? website url, magazine title and date, newspaper title and date

Choose ONE of the articles to read below, read it, then follow the rubric for composing a science article:

1. Types of renewable energy

https://newsela.com/read/natgeo-renewable-energy/id/2000002211/?collection_id=339&search_id=8cc68073-78d0-4e11-997c-95c3640f88c9

2. How Things Work: Solar cells

https://newsela.com/read/lib-everyday-products-solar-cell/id/36830/

3. Issue Overview: Solar energy

https://newsela.com/read/overview-solar-energy/id/21122/

4. Ten interesting things about energy

https://newsela.com/read/elem-sci-energy-facts/id/28499/

5. How human waste could power global agriculture

http://geographical.co.uk/places/cities/item/2972-human-wastewater

6. Eight exciting energy alternatives for the future

https://www.power-technology.com/features/energy-alternatives/