Checks Lab

Each team has an envelope containing a series of bank checks. A few are removed at a time, and the team attempts to construct a plausible scenario which involves those checks. With each subsequent removal of checks, appropriate revision of the scenario is done. Final scenarios are compared by the class. Class discussion is designed to show how human values and biases influence observation and interpretation, even in science. This is one of the few nature-of-science lessons which have a biological connection.
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Direct Link: https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/teach/ensi/ensi_checks_lab.html

General Information

Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 40 Minute(s)
Keywords: Nature of Science
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Problem-Solving Task
Instructional Design Framework(s): Structured Inquiry (Level 2)
Resource Collection: General Collection

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Aligned Access Points

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SC.912.N.1.In.1
Identify a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, including life science, earth and space science, or physical science, and do the following: 1. Identify a scientific question 2. Examine reliable sources of informtion to identify what is already known 3. Develop a possible explanation (hypothesis) 4. Plan and carry out an experiment 5. Gather data based on measurement and observations 6. Evaluate the data 7. Use the data to support reasonable explanations, inferences, and conclusions.

SC.912.N.1.Su.1
Recognize a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, including life science, earth and space science, or physical science, and do the following: 1. Recognize a scientific question 2. Use reliable information and identify what is already known 3. Create possible explanation 4. Carry out a planned experiment 5. Record observations 6. Summarize results 7. Reach a reasonable conclusion.

SC.912.N.1.Pa.1
Recognize a problem related to a specific body of knowledge, including life science, earth and space science, or physical science, and do the following: 1. Observe objects and activities 2. Follow planned procedures 3. Recognize a solution.

SC.912.N.1.In.4
Identify that scientists use many different methods in conducting their research.

SC.912.N.1.Su.4
Recognize that scientists use a variety of methods to get answers to their research questions.

SC.912.N.1.Pa.4
Recognize that people try different ways to complete a task when the first one does not work.

SC.912.N.2.In.3
Recognize that scientific knowledge can be challenged or confirmed by new investigations and reexamination.

SC.912.N.2.Su.2
Recognize that what is known about science can change based on new information.

SC.912.N.2.Pa.2
Recognize a variety of cause-effect relationships related to science.

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