Scholars watch a video and meet a scientist who is studying sharks as she explains her observations about the sharks and provides her hypothesis to explain their behavior. Learners then act like a scientist as they watch an aquarium webcam by making observations and recording questions as they have them.

Concepts

scientists, making observations, the scientific method, hypotheses

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have individuals design either an experiment or research that would answer the "I Wonder" section of the worksheet
• Before beginning the video, students list what they think about when they hear the word scientist

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes the class knows about the scientific method

Pros

• The video is available for download or watching on YouTube
• Provides links to outside sources for other research projects

Cons

• The link to the whale research project is broken