Skittles Lab: Scientific Inquiry-Scientific Method Practice
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Perfect for my 6th graders to get them to get interested in science! I really like the layout of your lab; easy to read and follow. The students performed well on it and loved it! Thank you!
Great resource to engage my students with the scientific method. My 7th graders loved this activity and the candy it came with for a beginning of the year lab activity.
Description
Want a fun way for students to practice scientific inquiry/ scientific method skills? This skittles lab is perfect for students practicing or reviewing how to create a hypothesis, make detailed qualitative and quantitative observations, design a step by step procedure on how to execute their experiment, graph results, and write a conclusion of their findings. There is also an opportunity to obtain class data and break down their findings by whole classes and find the percentages of what color is most prevalent in their bag of skittles and create a whole class graph.
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Fun size bag of skittles per student
- Napkins/ paper towel for each student
- Student worksheet (4 variations included)
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- 4 different worksheets (black & white and color) along with option for hypothesis OR prediction.
- Teacher Instructions
This lab is best for a 45-50 minute class period, if you are doing the whole class data.
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Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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