Research & Design

Students will explore similarities and differences in how scientific research is reported in a journalistic article versus a primary research paper.

These discussion prompts encourage students to apply their knowledge of experimental design.

Students will use common materials to design, build and test their own water purification system.

These discussion prompts ask students to define key science terms related to social science, experimental design and statistics, and to dig deeper into the methodology of experimental design.

To explore the steps of experimental design, students will plan an experiment to make an ideal sugar cookie.

These discussion prompts encourage students to put themselves in the shoes of researchers studying animal weaponry, by evaluating, proposing and mapping out an experiment.

In this activity, students will measure the effect of environmental conditions on the heart rate of water fleas.

Students will use Science News as a resource for discovering a research question that interests them and developing a testable hypothesis.

Students will discuss the scientific details that are left out of short news reports and explore how these brief reports can lead to ideas for original research.