Mystery Bag Mock Lesson Plan
- Does this bag invoke any thoughts? WHAT IS IN THE BAG??
- 5 second feel activity: Is it a rubber ducky and a plastic egg? Does the egg have beads in it?-This is the preconceived guess about possible answers of what is in the bag.
- Categorizing guesses: Formulate a statement of what you think is in the bag. You have considered several hypotheses and selected ONE- most likely hypothesis
- Devise a method to obtain information-what would you help to evaluate whether your hypothesis is supported
- Each test will have two predictions of what to EXPECT- you think about your hypothesis that is correct and a hypothesis that is incorrect. (Hypothesis: If....Then....Because.)
- Restate the hypothesis
- A hypothesis is NOT just a guess, even NOT an educated guess, it is a tentative explanation for the problem/question based on some type of observation.
Purpose for this activity:
- Scientific knowledge is fundamentally uncertain.
- Science is uncertain because it is a human activity.
Neil deGrasse Tyson's Video on the Nature of Being a scientist
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