Process of Science Standard Benchmarks.

 I will talk about how each of these standards was met during the candle experiment we've previously completed.





Specific Benchmarks

You can discuss and provide examples of social, historical, and cultural influences on science and visa versa.         -We used examples of social influences when we first started experimenting with birthday candles. We used our previous knowledge of how birthday candles burn.  You can create analogies between science process and every day experiences and find connections across disciplines.You can deal with the frustration of creating/executing a research project and develop a positive attitude required to complete inquiry projects.       - We created analogies by forming questions for our experiment, and we found connections through questions that were similar to each other and used them to form a bigger question. We dealt with the frustration of numerous trials of our experiment until we found one that worked correctly. You can examine/analyze the inquiry process using Harwood’s Activity Model for Inquiry and/or the Understanding Science flow chart.            -We used the Hardwood's Activity Model very actively during our experiment. We in fact, had 21 arrows on our AMI chart for our experiment. You can identify dependent and independent variables and develop experiments that require controlling variables.       -We identified the dependent variable(oxygen) and the independent variable(candles) and developed the experiment of how long the candle could stay light in enclosed oxygen. Be able to clearly communicate to others.    -We each communicated our thoughts within our group, and communicated our results of our experiment through our presentation.  Interpret and manipulate data in a variety of formats, such as technical drawings, graphs, tables, charts and, maps to analyze results and derive and defend conclusions using evidence.            -We used graphs, tables and charts to map our results from our candle experiment. You can generate testable questions and design experimental procedures that are reliable, reproducible, and executable.            -We generated testable questions during the question exercise, we used to questions we came up with to execute our experiment. You can collect accurate data on the natural world including observations using your senses and numeric data of length, mass and time.        -We collected data by timing the amount of time the candle stayed lit under the container by using a stop watch. You understand the definition of science, theory, law, hypothesis, and experiment (you can find definition of these on the Understanding Science website) and how they relate to each other.     -We understood the definition of science by using and coming up with many different hypothesis during our experiment.        You  know that science involves developing an understanding of the world through posing and answering questions.    We did this numerous times during the experiment, asking and coming up with many new questions throughout the experiment.