Introduction to planning an experiment: Introduction to obtaining and presenting evidence: Introduction to considering and evaluating evidence: Other sources National Library: Science writing Science fair project ideas: Science Writing: A tool for learning science and developing language: Science Buddies: Science fair project ideas: Science Online: How science fair projects strengthen “engage with capability: science” Learning activities Exploring the – mathematics and statistics Activity 1 Bouncing Back – Activity 2 – “The Great Marble Challenge” Bouncing Back is a Figure It Out activity in which students carry out a mathematical investigation into the relationship between the In Great Marble students design and test a “The Challenge”, height a ball is released and the height of the first bounce. ramp that is intended to get a marble to stop at a set distance. Students then conduct a similar investigation comparing the The text includes graphs and data tables, and the teacher bounce of a ball before and after it has spent at least twelve support materials suggest ways to extend student learning on hours in a refrigerator. They record their data on a table and then interpreting and displaying data. plot it on a graph to analyse and interpret it. RESOURCE LINKS Figure It Out Connected Bouncing Back: Technology in Practice, Levels 3+–4+, pages Great Marble Connected 4, 2014 “The Challenge” 12–13 Assessment Resource Banks Tables and graphs:
Other sources National Library: Science fair project ideas: Science Buddies: Science fair project ideas: Science Online: How science fair projects strengthen “engage with science” capability: Introduction to planning an experiment: Introduction to obtaining and presenting evidence: Introduction to considering and evaluating evidence: Science writing Science Writing: A tool for learning science and developing language: Learning activities – Exploring the mathematics and statistics Activity 1 – Bouncing Back Bouncing Back is a Figure It Out activity in which students carry out a mathematical investigation into the relationship between the height a ball is released and the height of the first bounce. Students then conduct a similar investigation comparing the bounce of a ball before and after it has spent at least twelve hours in a refrigerator. They record their data on a table and then plot it on a graph to analyse and interpret it. Activity 2 – “The Great Marble Challenge” In “The Great Marble Challenge”, students design and test a ramp that is intended to get a marble to stop at a set distance. The text includes graphs and data tables, and the teacher support materials suggest ways to extend student learning on interpreting and displaying data. RESOURCE LINKS Connected “The Great Marble Challenge” Connected 4, 2014 Assessment Resource Banks Tables and graphs: Figure It Out Bouncing Back: Technology in Practice, Levels 3+–4+, pages 12–13
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