8th Grade
SAFETY
ADVANCED
PREPARATION
Thinking Like a 21st Century Scientist / Engineer:
Team Building
All laboratory safety procedures should be followed.
Copy of “In or Out” Tally Chart / Directions
Copy of “In or Out” Pie Chart Reports
Colored Pencils, Markers, or crayons for pie charts
Pencil or pen to record data
Objective: The objective of the following activities is to give students the
opportunity to make decisions, move about, interact, and think
and talk about data. The information generated by participants is
essentially a whole group assessment.
What is the teacher doing?
What are the students doing?
Team Builder (Days 1-2)
Pair up students as either an
interviewer or recorder
Distribute 1 copy of “In or Out”
directions and data chart for
each pair.
Distribute 1 copy of the pie chart
reporting for each pair.
Team Builder (Days 1-2)
1. Interviewer will ask the questions
and find the next group of
students to interview. The
recorder will listen and place
tally marks.
2. Both students will create the pie
charts once the data is
collected.
Explain that if asked the student
must choose either choice A or
choice B.
ACTIVITY
(2 days)
Columbus City Schools
Curriculum Leadership and Development
Science Department June 2013
Optional: Before polling begins,
students may choose to change
their forced answer choices for
any of the topics. They should
accurately record any changes
made.
3. Students will post their
completed pie charts in the
designated area. on the
“SuperBug Magazine” cover
1
Name__________________________________________ Date ______________________ Per _________
In or Out
Are you frustrated trying to keep up with the new fad, just to hear, “That was so, last year…”
You really want to get the perfect job reporting for the magazine SuperBug. They have the
best fashion, designs, and movie reviews on the planet. If you do well with this interview and
report- you are sure to be hired. Then you can get paid to tell everyone what’s IN or OUT.
1. Begin working with your recorder and let’s start interviewing…
In or Out
Topic
1
Fashion
2
3
Choice A
Choice B
Tally each time a choice is selected
Tally each time a choice is selected
Bright Colors
Black and White
Lab Design
Neat desks in columns and rows
Desks pushed together
Lab
Equipment
Triple Beam Balance
Digital Scale
4 Technology Laptop
iPad
5
Movies
Action/Adventure
Humor
6
TV
Cartoon
Reality
7
Lunch
Fries
All you can eat salad
8
Phone
Txt me
Call me
9
Game
Videogames
Card/Board Games
2. With your interviewer and recorder (team of 2) walk
around the class and ask as many people as possible for
their opinion.
3. From this data, you can determine the audience’s
preference and know what people like. Place a tally
mark next to the choice each time a participant selects
an answer.
4. You will need to count these tally’s up to create a pie
chart like the example here. In this, non-scientific poll, 12
people picked choice A: Water over 4 people choosing
Choice B: Energy Drink.
5. Use the Pie Chart Paper on the next page to create the
perfect report and impress the boss. POST your finished
graphs where your teacher has directed.
Columbus City Schools
Curriculum Leadership and Development
Science Department June 2013
IN: WATER (12)
OUT: ENERGY DRINK (4)
2
SuperBug
Magazine
Post your completed pie
charts here for review by the
editors…
Columbus City Schools
Curriculum Leadership and Development
Science Department June 2013
3
Name _____________________ Reporting Date _____________ Per ____
FASHION
IN
___________
OUT
LAB DESIGN
IN
IN
___________
___________
OUT
OUT
___________
OUT
IN
IN
___________
___________
OUT
OUT
___________
OUT
Columbus City Schools
Curriculum Leadership and Development
Science Department June 2013
GAMES
PHONE
LUNCH
IN
T.V.
MOVIES
TECHNOLOGY
IN
LAB EQUIP.
IN
___________
OUT
IN
___________
OUT
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