Transcript Save Fred!!!

Save Fred!!!
Fred has been spending his summer boating in
the Great Lakes. But he’s not too bright (after all,
the brains of worms are pretty small). He’s never
learned how to swim and he never wears his life
preserver. The worst has happened! His boat has
capsized and he’s stuck! Fortunately, his life
preserver is in the boat, but unfortunately he
does not know how to reach it without falling off
and drowning.
Save Fred!!!
What are you responsible for? You will be completing a write-up for your Save
Fred experience. This is not necessarily how we will complete write-up’s in my
class, but it will give us a great start! Each student needs to complete a write-up.
You will need to complete the following steps:
Step 1: Question
Step 2: Research
Step 3: Hypothesis
Step 4: Materials
Step 5: Test Your Hypothesis
Step 6: Procedure
Step 7: Observe/Collect Data
Step 8: Conclusion
Save Fred!!!
Question:
How can you and your partner save Fred using only 4 paper clips?
Save Fred!!!
• Research:
• Make some observations about
Fred and each of the materials
listed. Remember they can be
qualitative or quantitative
observations.
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Hypothesis:
With your partner, write down in one or
two sentences how you two plan to save
Fred. (Remember that a hypothesis is an
‘if-then’ statement: I think that if I do
this, then this will happen)
Save Fred!!!
Materials:
• 1 gummy worm
• 1 gummy life preserver
• 1 plastic cup
• 4 paperclips
Save Fred!!!
Rules:
1.Fred can only fall 1 time.
2.Fred cannot be injured.
3.You may only use paper clips to touch
anything.
•
Fred, the boat, the life preserver can be
touched only with the paper clips. NO
HANDS.
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• TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS:
• Brainstorm the specifics of how to
execute the plan you stated in your
hypothesis (You don’t need to write
anything down for this step).
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Procedure:
-As you work with your partner to save
Fred, remember to write what you did
STEP BY STEP! Anyone should be able to
read your procedure, follow it step by
step, and get the same results as you did.
Save Fred!!!
Observe/Collect Data:
Draw THREE pictures in the boxes provided…
A. A picture of the set up before you saved
Fred.
B. A picture of the set up during the saving
procedure (Were the paper clips holding
something? Etc).
C. A picture showing how Fred looked like
when he was saved.
Save Fred!!!
Conclusion:
Look over your data and revisions and write
out how you saved Fred.
If you have not saved him, what do you think
needs to be done? How could your
experiment be tweaked? What were your
challenges?
Save Fred!!!
Reflection:
Why did we do this activity? What was the
purpose?