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__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 1: The Processes, Communication, and Nature of Science

__Student learning objective:__
Students will be able to generate evidence using the processes of scientific investigation.

__Materials needed__:
Baking Soda Vinegar Pre-made Paper Airplanes (5 different shapes and colors)[| Paper Airplane Templates] Graphic Data Organizer //What is a Scientist//, by Barbara Lehn; ISBN 978- 0761312987 Tape lines on the floor for each different group

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Day1: Teacher introduces the different steps of the Scientific Method. If available, the teacher can read aloud the story //What is a Scientist//, by Barbara Lehn. Students will be taught what a scientist is and does. The class can discuss different scientific questions. The teacher will introduce the baking soda and vinegar experiment.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Day 1: Students will go to their desks with their scientific organizer which the teacher is also displaying on the overhead. The teacher and class will fill in their charts together at the same time. Everyone will fill out all of the boxes except the "conclusion" box. The teacher will then conduct the experiment while the students observe. The class discusses what happened and compare hypotheses. Be sure to discuss how it is okay not to have the correct hypothesis. The students then go back to write about what happened with the experiment in their "conclusion" box.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Day 2: The class will review the Scientific Method. The teacher then introduces the new airplane experiment and the new question "Which airplane will fly the farthest?". The students then go to their desks to fill out their own organizer, as they did yesterday, but this time it is on their own. Once again, they will leave the "conclusion" box empty until the experiment is done. The students then get with a group of five. They go their assigned tape line with their bag of pre-made airplanes. Each child gets a turn throwing one of the planes and marking where it lands. After the experiment is done, the group will observe which airplane traveled the farthest (leaving the markers where they are). As a group, they discuss the results and conclusion. The students then go to their desks to record their data in the "conclusion" box. Groups can then share their data and compare it to their hypotheses.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Teacher will observe the students as they do their experiment and record their data. Teacher will review and ask questions of the students about the Scientific Method.