Salty Science: The Art of Experimental Design (Grades 5-11)
Salty Science guides students through the scientific method using live marine animals. This hands-on program focuses on developing a hypothesis, designing an experiment with a control, identifying independent and dependent variables, and the importance of repeating an experiment. In the first half of the program, students rotate through different stations and witness live animal demonstrations that illustrate scientific concepts in experiments. In the second half of the program, students work in teams to conduct their own experiments!
I have been accompanying the students for years and the program has been consistently great! - Elizabeth, Holy Cross School, Surrey BC
Fall and Winter Semester (Oct-Apr), Wednesdays, 9h30 and 12h30, 2 hours, $12.50/student, 20 – 30 students
Prescribed Learning Outcomes: For the first time, we will be offering this engaging program for intermediate elementary students as the program content aligns so well with the discovery of the scientific method, as outlined in the PLOs. Don’t worry, you can still bring your high school class, too!
Grade 5: It is expected that students will:
- Identify variables that can be changed in an experiment [Processes of Science]
- Evaluate the fairness of a given experiment [Processes of Science]
- Describe the steps in designing an experiment [Processes of Science]
Grade 6: It is expected that students will:
- Manipulate and control a number of variables in an experiment [Processes of Science]
Grade 7: It is expected that students will:
- Test a hypothesis by planning and conducting an experiment that controls for two or more variables [Processes of Science]
Grade 8: It is expected that students will:
- Perform experiments using the scientific method [Processes of Science]
- Demonstrate ethical, responsible, cooperative behaviour [Processes of Science]
Grade 9: It is expected that students will:
- Perform experiments using the scientific method [Processes of Science]
- Demonstrate ethical, responsible, cooperative behaviour [Processes of Science]
- Compare sexual and asexual reproduction in terms of advantages and disadvantages [Life Science: Reproduction]
Grade 10: It is expected that students will:
- Perform experiments using the scientific method [Processes of Science]
- Demonstrate ethical, responsible, cooperative behaviour [Processes of Science]
Grade 11: It is expected that students will:
- Design an experiment using the scientific method [Processes of Science]