Introduction to the Scientific Method

Project:     Ola Ka Honua: Volcanoes Alive
Subject:Volcanology
Theme:Volcanoes
Grades:All

In this lesson, students will watch the teacher demonstrate an experiment after which students generate a list of ideas describing why they believe the experiment worked as it did. This list of questions is revised to create a testable hypothesis. During the second part of the activity, students use the scientific method to conduct their own experiment.