1. Conceptual Understanding: Students will understand that systems create and change relationships between forces and motion. Young Scholars Program Grade 5

2. Students will be able to: Learn the characteristics of scientists and the investigation skills that scientist use. What do you know about scientists? What do you think scientist do?

3. DefinitionWhat Scientists Do… Scientific Investigation Process Examples Nonexamples Scientists

4. DefinitionWhat Scientists Do… Scientific Investigation Process Make observations Ask questions Learn more Design and conduct the experiment Create meaning Tell others what was found Examples Nonexamples Scientists

5. What does it mean to investigate something? Explain whether you think everyone is a scientist. What makes a scientist a scientist? How do scientists investigate?

6. Professor Aesop’s the Crow and the Pitcher by Stephanie Gwyn Brown  Describe what the crow was investigating  Describe a time when you investigated something  How was the crow like a scientist?  How did the crow use the investigation process?

7. Wheel of Scientific Reasoning SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND REASONING Make Observations Ask Questions Learn More Design and Conduct the Experiment Create Meaning Meaning Tell others what was found Tell Others What Was Found Scientific Investigation and Reasoning

8. Experimental Report Form Name of Experiment _________________ Your Name ________________________ 1.What was your hypothesis (or prediction about what would happen)? 2.What materials did you use to test the hypothesis? 3.What methods did you use? (Outline steps) 4.What data has been collected? Where are your data recorded? (attach your data table) 5.What are your findings? (Did your hypothesis prove to be true or false?) 6.What new questions do you have?

9. Log Books… “If I was a scientist, I would investigate…”