Is Bounty Better?

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Driving Question: How can we use the scientific method to determine if Bounty is better?

Summary:

Students will be given materials and asked to brainstorm: ideas of ways to experimentally determine which paper towel is best, questions about their experimentation, and a plan for their experimentation. After exploring the scientific method together students will plan and conduct their own experiments and then report their findings with tables and graphs.

Chunks:

1. Intro:

1. We will be watching these Bounty videos together to explore the claims Bounty is making.

2. Brainstorming and Planning

1. Note: you will be given the following materials:

1. 3 kinds of paper towel
2. weights
3. timers
4. beakers
5. water
6. scissors

3. Workshop on Scientific Method

1. Thinking as a Scientist Reading Guide

What do moldy oranges have to do with Bountry? Its all about creating an experiment that isolates and changes one variable (independent) while measuring the outcome (dependent variable), and keeping all other conditions constant (control variables).

4. Experiment

5. Documenting and reporting findings

1. Lab Report Template
2. Making a Chart in Excel