The attached podcast is designed to help create an experiment, it details the Experimental Design Process step by step. In the field of science, the experimental process is one of the most important processes one has to master. This process can be applied to anything one sees around them, and that would like to test an observation. In science research, this is how discoveries are made, and theories are tested. Experimental design is used to support or challenge your findings or some else's work.
Students are required to listen to the podcast, and design their own experiment for homework. Then they will have the opportunity to carry out the experiment and write a report on it. This podcast is an aide at mastering these steps and applying your skills, at first it can seem overwhelming but the podcast is meant to aide in the process.
I think you had a great idea for a podcast topic! This can really help students understand the process. They also could always go back to it if they are having trouble. Designing their own experiment will help them critically think as well.
ReplyDeleteThis podcast is a great resource that your students can turn to while carrying out their own experiments!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like podcasts and science would work well together. Your students could use them to record and share observations about experiments with each other. I'm sure the students appreciate you using a podcast for a lesson, it probably makes it easier to learn the steps involved in the experimental process.
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