Teaching scientific method

Children love science experiments. They want to observe and test out #allthethings, but sometimes it’s hard to get students to understand the scientific method. Understanding the steps of a true experiment is part of every grade’s curriculum. Over the years I have found great experiments for my students to do that are simple for me […]

iLearn Science: awesome back to school tool for teaching student about the scientific method

Are you a science teacher looking to spice up your scientific method activities? If you need some fun scientific method activities, you’ll want to keep reading and infuse the following ideas into your classroom.

Will you be teaching the scientific method in your upper elementary classroom this year? This article by Hello Learning shares six fun ideas for activities and experiments to teach the scientific method with 4th grade and 5th grade students. Includes scientific method experiment ideas and other activities to support the steps of the scientific method. These ideas are the perfect way for kids to learn about the scientific method in a fun, hands on way. Click to read more!

There is no single scientific method that all scientists follow! When we teach this topic and refer to it as "The Scientific Method" our students take this to mean that there is only one standard method that all (or most) scientists use. The scientific method presented in science classrooms and textbooks is a gross oversimplification of how scientists generally build knowledge.

Earlier in July, I posted a terrific article (if I do say so myself) on the science behind slime and all the cool lessons and activities you could do to teach real science concepts like viscosity and non-Newtonian fluids. Buried in that post was this printable, and I was afraid it might get lost in...

Classification is one of those skills that are necessary to teach in science, especially when teaching about the scientific method. Check this out!

If you are looking for ways to teach your Upper Elementary students the steps of the Scientific Method then you’ll want to check out this unique idea! Not only will you be teaching SCIENCE, but students will also realize that this can also be used to help solve everyday problems in the real world. A win-win! Check it out.

As a middle school science teacher, I always love teaching the scientific method to my students. There are so many routes you can take with teaching it, and I’ve tried many of them. If you’re gearing up to teach the scientific method, then you might benefit from reading this post. (See what I did there?) You probably have many questions. When should I teach the scientific method? What all should I include in my unit? What order should I teach the topics of the scientific method? How do I go…

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