Science Method

How can you modify the scientific method to upper/lower grades?
Steps:

• Ask a question
• Do background research
• Construct a hypothesis
• Test your hypothesis by doing and experiment
• Analyze your data and draw a conclusion
• Communicate your results

I think that this is pretty clear for upper grade students as long as you explain the steps and walk them through the process. For lower grades, I would keep the steps but change the wording of them to simplify and bring easier connections. I would introduce the scientific method differently to lower grade students than I would for upper grade students. For lower grades, I would work with the class as a whole to go through the process, as for upper grades you can have them work in small groups or independently. Lower grade students will have less choice and variety when it comes to choosing different elements so they can be guided through the process. In upper grade you can give them more freedom in how they want to graph or reflect throughout the process.

What is one new thing you learned today?
I learned or rather was refreshed about the scientific method and also about how easy it is to integrate the science and math standards.