Thursday, November 15, 2012

Project Updates + Data Collection

How are your plants doing? Today, we are going to have a discussion about our projects. Each group has 15 minutes to complete your poster and be prepared to present the following:
  • Project Question
  • Hypothesis of each person
  • Item that we are changing (Independent Variable)
  • Item that we are measuring (Dependent Variable)
  • Items that are staying the same (Control Variables)
  • What we are doing? The general overview.
  • Data collected so far - what are you noticing? What predictions (related to your question) can you make at this time? What do you still have to do on your project?
We will then collect data and go over procedures.

Thank you 7th graders for giving the 6th graders a different opportunity to review their procedures. I didn't really hear much communication as you went through data collection, so the 6th graders have it a bit different (heads up - this will be you soon).

1. Decide if the winner stays with the project (as a reader) or moves to another (as doer).
2. Play rock-paper-scissors (best two out of 3).
3. The "mover" moves to the group counter-clockwise of your current location.

Now, the groups are mixed with someone who know the project well and someone who does not. The person who knows the project well is only allowed to read the procedure. The new person can only do what they have been told. If the person needs to do something else, then the procedure must be modified.


Over the weekend: Progress Reports will be sent out on Friday. No new assessments have been taken though some students have been busy with reassessments. Are you one of those?  If not, what can you do to prepare and reassess next week? (Available times: Monday/Wednesday before school and Tuesday at lunch.)

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