Mission Impossible
Mr. Wolf's science class conducted an activity on the third day of
school that emphasized the importance of communication in science. The
students had to work together to accomplish a task that most thought
were impossible
Breaking the Stereotype
Mr. Wolf's science classes were asked to sketch a scientist. The
majority of students shared certain characteristics in their sketches.
A student volunteer dressed up in each class as the "stereotypical"
male scientist as the students named common items in their sketches.
After the activity, the students examined examples of real-life
scientists in various fields of work. The students had the chance to
see that women can become scientists, and that not all scientists work
in a lab, have crazy hair, carry around beakers, and wear lab coats.
The Scientific Method
After learning about how the American aviation pioneers, Orville and
Wilbur Wright, used scientific processes while designing their aircraft,
Mr. Wolf's science class took to the skies in an attempt to utilize the
scientific method to improve on their own paper airplane design.
Steps of the Scientific Method:
1) Ask a question
2) Form a hypothesis
3) Test the hypothesis
4) Analyze the results
5) Draw conclusions
6) Communicate results
Scientific Models
The Supernovas took a hands-on and creative approach to learning about
how physical models can be used to replicate an object on a more
convenient scale.
