It’s not rocket science!

It’s not rocket science!

Vocabulary words

1. Design - a concept of or proposal for an object, process, or system

2. Experiment - a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery or test a hypothesis

3. Carry out- to put in effect

4. Theorize - create a theoretical premise for an ideea

5. Record - a piece of evidence about the past

6. Track - to follow a trail or movement

7. Analyze - examine methodically and in detail

8. Dissolve - become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution

9. Prove - demonstrate the truth by evidence or arguments

10. Reward - something given in recognition of service

Multiple Choice

What can be tested in a experiment

• Constants
• Hypotheses
• Conclusions
• Variables

A passive sentence can be formed by using the verb “be” and a past participle.

Ex: I was given this new smartphone.

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​Grammar:

The pasive

Multiple Choice

Which one of these sentances is passive?

• The cake was baked by Mary
• Mary was baking the cake
• The cake was delicious
• Mary baked the cake

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a passive sentence?

• An apple was eaten by me
• An apple was eaten
• I ate an apple
• I was eaten by the apple

We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person.

​ Grammar:

Causative have / get

Word Cloud

Write short sentences with causative have or get.

Multiple Choice

What is not a good way to use the causative “get”?

• To express a past event
• To indicate a voluntary action
• To imply causing someone to do something against their will or without their consent
• To use it in formal writing

Useful language: The steps

I wonder if/how/why...

It'd be good to know what/ whether ...

We'd need to try and work out...

Preparing Research

The first thing we'd need to do is...

We'd also need to make sure that we (didn't)...

I suppose then we'd probably be best...-ing...

​Staging

Useful language: Experiments

The experiment aimed to show that...

The purpose of the experiment was to find out if...

The diagram illustrates the process used to...

Figure one shows how...

​Designing the process

I'd expect the results to show...

I'd imagine that the data would probably reveal...

I would/wouldn't have thought it'd be possible to prove that...

​Hypothesizing

Useful language: Experiments

​Explaining the steps

First of all, ...

Before starting the experiment,...

The bees were then released...

Once the bees had been released...

After being released, the bees... Finally,...

​Linking steps

​They were marked to identify them

They were marked in order to identify them

They were marked so that they

could be identified

In order to do this,...

Word Cloud

Write an ideea for an experiment.

Draw

Fill out the steps in of an experiment from 1-7 in the blank circles.

Thank you!

Poll

Yes

• No.

• Yes.