Learning Goals:

1. Students will analyze data from the solar boat races and develop conclusions.
2. Students will write out their conclusions in a clear, articulate manner that demonstrates the usage of evidence from their own observations.
3. Students will determine specific uses for quantitative vs. qualitative data in science experiments.

Handouts

• Student Science Journals
• Completed Box & T-Chart from Collect Data & Compare Performance of Different Boat Designs

Important Links

• Lesson Plan

Next Generation Science Standards

• 5-PS3-1. Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
• 5-LS2-1. A system can be described in terms of its components and their interactions.
• 5-PS2-1. Support an argument with evidence, data, or a model.
• 5-PS2-1. Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified and use to explain change.
• 3-5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
• 3-5-ETS1-2. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.