Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 103-104 at they do the activity. Students write a hypothesis about how the size of a sponge affects the amount of water it will hold. Students test their hypotheses by measuring the amount of water that each sponge will hold. Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 105-106 as they do the activity. Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 93-94 as they do the activity.
Students use gram cubes to estimate the mass of small classroom objects.
Then students us a balance to measure the mass of the objects. Finally, students compare their estimates with the actual masses of the objects and determine the accuracy of their estimates. Students will complete the Process Skills blackline master on Lab Manual pages 95-96 as they do the activity. Students observe and measure their shadow at two different times a day. Students also explore making shadows using a flashlight.