Testing an engineering project to help inquiry

This is an engineering project that is simple. Students test the engineering project in a systematic way. Using that same process, students are encouraged to engage in consumer product cla... See More

This is an engineering project that is simple. Students test the engineering project in a systematic way. Using that same process, students are encouraged to engage in consumer product claims for further inquiry.

A quick black box activity

Using film canisters, students are to determine what is in the film canister without looking. From their observations, they are to make inferences and support their inferences with evidence... See More

Using film canisters, students are to determine what is in the film canister without looking. From their observations, they are to make inferences and support their inferences with evidence. In terms of working with new vocabulary words, this activity should be very efficient. Students may struggle with not being able to tell what is in the black film canister.