Learner Profile: Open-Minded
Thursday,
September 3
AGENDA
7 min
Enter the classroom silently and find
your seat.
1. Get out your HAWK card, pencils,
agenda, and tables & graphs
notes
2. Put your backpack by the back
wall
3. Write down homework in your
agenda - NONE
4. Stack agendas at the front of your
table group
5. Stack tables & graphs notes on
top of agendas
6. Do Now
7. Wait silently for instructions
DO NOW: 6.2D Quiz
Objective(s):
SWBAT design an experimental
investigation using a testable
question and hypothesis, materials
list, and procedure.
Statement of Inquiry/IB Trait
STATEMENT OF INQUIRY: Humans explore the
relationships among interacting variables and use evidence to
impact communities and find functional solutions using
scientific and technological advances.
IB TRAIT: Open-Minded
Parachute Lab
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Parachute Lab GRASPS
Parachute Lab Expectations
Group Work – Design the Lab
Independent Practice
Exit Ticket
Closing and Questions
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value.”
– Isaac Asimov
Parachute Lab
• Over the next few class periods,
we will be using our knowledge
and skills from this unit about
scientific inquiry to perform a
lab.
• Let’s read from our lab
instructions sheet to find out
what we’re doing for the lab!
Parachute Lab
GOAL: To design and build a parachute that
serves a specific purpose (staying in the air the
longest).
ROLE: Parachute design team for Performance
Designs
AUDIENCE: CEO and Board Members of
Performance Designs
SITUATION: As members of the parachute
design team for the company Performance
Designs, your boss has asked your team to
develop a brand new parachute to market to
customers. Your parachute must serve a
purpose – to stay in the air the longest.
PRODUCT: Design and carry out a scientifically
based experiment to test and determine the
best parachute that carries out the specific
performance.
STANDARDS and CRITERIA: See the Rubric
below
Turn and Talk
What questions do you still have about the
parachute lab we will be performing?
Parachute Lab
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Parachute Lab GRASPS
Parachute Lab Expectations
Group Work – Design the Lab
Independent Practice
Exit Ticket
Closing and Questions
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value.”
– Isaac Asimov
Parachute Lab
• You won’t be completing this entire
lab in one day, we will be working
over the course of a few class periods
to complete this entire lab.
• Today you will work on the following:
 Writing a scientific question
 Using background knowledge
 Forming a hypothesis
 Identifying variables
 Writing materials
 Writing a procedure
Parachute Lab
• You will work with your table
groups to design the lab that
you will perform next class
period.
• You might not have enough
time to write everything down
with your group but you will
have time to write down parts
of your discussion and
complete your thoughts during
the independent practice.
Parachute Lab
• Use the following sentence
stems to have discussions with
your table group:
• An idea is…
• My guess is…
• I think…
• The way I would solve the
problem is…
• My suggestion would be
_______ because…
• I agree/disagree
because…
Parachute Lab
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Parachute Lab GRASPS
Parachute Lab Expectations
Group Work – Design the Lab
Independent Practice
Exit Ticket
Closing and Questions
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value.”
– Isaac Asimov
35 min
Guided Practice
Parachute Lab
• I will keep time check in’s for
you to help you stay on track to
finish before class is over.
• Scientific Question and
Hypothesis {10 min}
• Variables {5 min}
• Materials {10 min}
• Procedure {10 min}
Parachute Lab
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Parachute Lab GRASPS
Parachute Lab Expectations
Group Work – Design the Lab
Independent Practice
Exit Ticket
Closing and Questions
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value.”
– Isaac Asimov
10 min
Independent Practice
Parachute Lab
• Now you will use the
discussion you have had with
your group to finalize your first
page of the lab report.
• By the end of class, the
following should be completed:
 Scientific Question
 Hypothesis
 Variables
 Materials
 Procedure
• Work silently and
independently
Parachute Lab
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Parachute Lab GRASPS
Parachute Lab Expectations
Group Work – Design the Lab
Independent Practice
Exit Ticket
Closing and Questions
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value.”
– Isaac Asimov
Exit Ticket
5 min
Answer the questions on a notecard silently and stack at your table
group when you are finished.
1. Did we encounter any problems in our experiment so
far? If so, what were they and why do you think they
occurred? If not, why do you think your experiment
went so well?
2. At this point, do you think our data supports or rejects
our hypothesis? Why or why not?
Parachute Lab
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Parachute Lab GRASPS
Parachute Lab Expectations
Group Work – Design the Lab
Independent Practice
Exit Ticket
Closing and Questions
“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can
establish truths of great value.”
– Isaac Asimov
STOP Cards
S
T
O
P
Summarize: Summarize the day’s
lesson and what we learned.
Trait: What IB trait relates to the
lesson?
Objective: Re-state in your own
words and say whether or not we
met that objective for the day.
Purpose: What was the purpose of
this lesson?