Introduction
Welcome 7th grade science students! This WebQuest we will be looking into the scientific method. There are many many ways that we can use the scientific method to help solve problems and create projects. People use the scientific method for many different things in research and when trying to solve a problem. Today you all will be able to choose how you want to experiment with the scientific method.
Task
As I explained before there are many different ways to use the scientific method. The task for this WebQuest will be to research and find ways that we can use the scientific method throughout daily life. When looking at the scientific method there are lots of ways that different people and jobs may use this on a day to day basis. Our task is to determine who and why they might be using the scientific method during there daily life.
Process
The strategies that should be used when doing this task is researching and using the information found to draw conclusions. There are many different answers to this task therefore students should utilize the websites provided and also have the ability to search on there own to determine some answers to this task.
Resources-
https://scicomm.plos.org/2020/08/04/a-guide-to-using-the-scientific-method-in-everyday-life/
https://teachingmuse.com/free-scientific-method-activity/
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-the-scientific-method
https://kosmickohei.com/using-the-scientific-method-in-your-every-day-life/
Evaluation
1. Did students determine ways the scientific method can be used in everyday life?
2. Did student explain why the scientific method is being used?
Conclusion
For this conclusion students must write a 100 word reflection on what they learned about the scientific method throughout this process. They must include what changed about there idea of the scientific method from the start of this assignment to after they completed it.