1. No gum, candy or chewing please! 
Materials:
Pencil
Science Notebook
Science Folder
Lab Text pg. A-45
9/13 Agenda:
Bell work
Act 10: Organic Matter
DO: Today we will test the amount of organic matter in the school garden’s soil.
DQ: Do you think there is enough organic matter in the school garden’s soil? Explain why/why not.

2. Science notebook Act 10: Organic Matter Test Vocabulary: Control –
part of an experiment that uses all the same equipment, same conditions, but no variables are tested.
It provides a baseline for which to compare the results with

3. Act 10: Organic Matter Test
Purpose:
Hypothesis:
Variables:
Independent:
Dependent:
Control:
Materials:
Procedure:

4. Amount of Organic Matter
Results:
Soil
Sample
Observations
During 2 minutes
Color After Reaction
Amount of Organic Matter
Soil A
Soil B
Control-
Tube C
I think the problem with the school garden is________________
___________________________________________________.
My evidence for this is _________________________________

5. Your topic sentence re-states the two variables and states the relationship between them.
Your yellow sentences explain the results.
Your pink sentences go into further detail describing what the data in the data tables means in words.
You formally conclude the relationship between the two variables by stating which soil contained the most organic matter
Don’t forget transitions
Data Analysis: Please highlight appropriately.
In this experiment, we tested the relationship between _________________ and ________________. First, the color of Soil A was ___________________________. This means _________________________________________________________. Next, the color of Soil B was ________________________. This means ____________________________________________________. Finally, the color of the control tube C was __________________________. This means ____________________________________________________. In conclusion the relationship between the variables was, _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________

6. Conclusion - Summary paragraph describing all of the steps of the experiment and what you have learned/concluded.
Your topic sentence describes what the experiment was.
The body of your paragraph states/answers the following information in complete sentences:
Restate your hypothesis (yellow)
Was your hypothesis correct? Why/why not? (pink)
Summarize what the tests were & how you performed each test. 1 set of (Yellow & pink)
What were the results for each test? (summarize data analysis). 1 set of (Yellow & pink )
What was your purpose/problem statement? (yellow)
What have you learned about your purpose? (pink)
What were possible sources of errors in this experiment? (yellow)
In the future how could you learn from those errors? (pink)
You formally conclude which soil contained the most organic matter.
Your paragraph includes transition words.

7. Conclusion Please highlight appropriately.
In this experiment, we ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________. My hypothesis was ____________________________________________________________________________________. It was __________________________ because __________________________________________. Next, the results were ___________________________________________________. I figured this out by_______________________________________________________________________.
The results showed that Soil A was _____________ and had _______________________________in it.
Soil B was __________ and had _________________________________________________in it. Control tube C was ______________ and had _______________________________ in it. The purpose of tube C was ______________________________________________________________________. The purpose of the experiment over all was to __________________________________________________________. From this purpose, I learned that research shows that all plants need ______________________, ______________________, and ____________________, which is found in organic matter. However, some possible sources of error were ________________________________________________________.
In the end, soil _________ would be the be the best choice for a garden because it ___________________________________________________________________________________.

8. Students will understand science process skills and the scientific method and apply them to the study of soil.
Score 4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, you can apply process skills and the scientific method to study a variety of topics.
Score 3.0
You understand all of the science process skills and the scientific method and can apply them to the study of soil.
Score 2.0
You understand what all the process skills and steps of the scientific method are but have trouble applying some of them to new situations.
Score 1.0
With help, you understand and can use some of the process skills and follow the scientific method.
Score 0.0
Even with help, you have no understanding of process skills or cannot follow the scientific method.