Variables-AMSTI-Module D -2010-3rd nine weeks

Too Good For Drugs: In March the students will have a celebration for T.G.F.D. Please send a contribution for the refreshments. Officer Joe Franklin will present a program and visit with the students while students pledge to stay drug free. If possible, each child should donate $2.00 for the special snack. If we receive enough donation money, the students will have pizza, cake, and a drink.

Officer Franklin will try to get enough sponsors to provide shirts for each 5th grader. If you would like to make a contribution for the shirts, you can contact Officer Franklin. We can not purchase shirts without contributions.

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AMSTI- 3rd Grading Period - Variables -Investigations using swingers, lifeboats, flight of planes, and flippers.

Concepts:
A system is a set of related objects that can be studied in isolation.

A variable is anything that you can change in an experiment that might affect the outcome.

In a controlled experiment all the variables are controlled except one, allowing the experimenter to observe the effect of that one variable on the outcome.

A two-coordinate graph displays the effect of a variable on a system.

Students will construct materials used in investigations.

Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, and relating.

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Text: Module Modules: C and D

Lessons will be selected based on the Alabama Course of Study and the upcoming Alabama Science Assessment that will be given in April.
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