Date: Fri 28-Mar-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: DOTTIE

Quick Words:

schools-Hawley-science

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Hawley Students Try Out

The Scientific Method

Elizabeth Bowen (left) and Katie Mayer found out the color black absorbs the

most heat, and white absorbs the least heat.

-Photos Courtesy Erica Bray

Doug Bonjour (left), Russell Cinicolo and Adam Konneker created an "amazing

electric pen" that could write on steel.

Kelley Haines (left), Becky Corrigan and Katie Hydock used Petri dishes to

discover which mouth produced the most bacteria: a cat, dog or human. The

dog's mouth produced the most bacteria and the human's mouth produced the

least.

B Y D OROTHY E VANS

The second floor of Hawley school was buzzing with scientific activity last

week, as fifth grade students in Mr Bird's and Mrs Cunningham's science

classes applied the scientific method to a number of original and creative

experiments they had devised.

Mr Wilkinson's students would be doing their experiments during the following

week.

Working in pairs or on teams of three or more, the students formulated

scientific projects and then designed their own experiments to carry out and

illustrate those projects.

Each experiment began with a question.

Then a hypothesis was stated and a procedure for experimentation was mapped

out.

A list of materials used was included, followed by a summary of facts learned

during the observation stage of the experiment.

Finally, a conclusion was reached.