The materials are designed to allow the student to begin to develop concepts of what science is and how the scientific process is used to explore problems and answer questions. Students use reason and inference to attempt to discover what is inside a sealed black plastic box.
Students work together in groups, propose hypothesis's which are then tested and revised.
The group then forms a consensus of opinion and then presents to the class. The groups are then allowed to work with additional materials to build a model of their original box which will then lead them to alter their hypothesis yet again. We worked with some simple materials in order to produce a model car that could travel a total distance of 3 meters under its own power. With materials in place our first objective is to design and construct a model that will roll down an incline.