Warm Up: How do you solve problems? Do your ways of solving problems depend on the kind of problems you have to solve? How do scientists solve problems? Do you know of any methods that scientists use to solve problems? How do scientist use that method?
Vocabulary:
1. Hypothesis - a scientific prediction based off of previous knowledge of a subject
2. Procedure - step by step detailed directions of an experiment
*Follow the 3 rules*
What did you do to save Fred?
Analysis Questions:
1. You can solve problems in many different ways. In fact, you may use more than one way to solve a single problem. You can
*develop a plan
*find a pattern
*draw a picture or a diagram
*act out the problem
*make a list
*guess and test
*work backward
*write an equation
*construct a table or graph
*simplify the problem
*use objects to model the problem
Which of these ways did you and your partner use to save Fred?
3. People face problems in their lives every day. What did you learn from this activity that you can use to solve other problems?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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