Grade Nature of Science Activities and Resources

Linked to Grade 8 Arkansas Science Frameworks

(Nature of Science Frameworks should be taught primarily through Life, Physical and Earth Science content areas. Most of these lessons and resources are posted in the appropriate content strands, but additional inquiry resources are also posted here.)

Frameworks	Lesson/Activity	Web Resources	Questions MC = Multiple Choice OR = Open Response
NS.1.8.1 Justify conclusions based on appropriate and unbiased observations	Apple Observation Collapse 2: Interpreting the Evidence - AAAS	Elementary Science - Internet 4 Classrooms Scientific Inquiry - BBC TOYS - Science Toys from Common Household Materials	Blocks in Liquid #16 (MC) - NAEP Candle Burn #4 (MC), #5 (OR) - NAEP Clay, Water, Sand #14 (MC) - NAEP
NS.1.8.2 Evaluate the merits of empirical evidence based on experimental design: · *hypothesis* · replication · sample size · appropriate use of control · use of standardized independent and dependent variables		KIE Curriculum - Problem-based Projects Scientific Method and More
NS.1.8.3 Formulate a testable problem using experimental design	Wet Sand & Dry Sand - TI - Probes	ELEMENTARY SCIENCE SAFETY
NS.1.8.4 Analyze a set of scientific data using mean, median, mode, and range using SI units	What Days Are The Busiest in the Maternity Ward?	Beacon Learning Center - Lessons Data Analysis (USGS Free Data Sets) Natural Resources Data (USDA)	Runners' Speeds #47 (OR) - NAEP Seedlings #85 (OR) - NAEP
NS.1.8.5 *Suggest solutions* to real world problems by analyzing scientific data in · data tables/charts · histograms · circle graphs · scatter plots · stem and leaf plots · line and double line** graphs by approximating line of best fit		Conversion Calculators Create a Graph Graphing on the Computer - NCES What's in a Graph? - AAAS
NS.1.8.6 Formulate inferences based on scientific data
NS.1.8.7 Communicate results and conclusions from scientific inquiry following peer review		Forensics in the Classroom - Court TV Physical & Chemical Changes Volume Lab	Displacement #6, #7 (OR) - NAEP
NS.1.8.8 Develop and implement strategies for long-term, accurate data collection	Measuring Rain Measuring Shadows - AAAS	Calculate When the Oil Industry Will Dry Up
NS.1.8.9 Generate questions that can and cannot be answered by science		Scientific Inquiry - BBC
NS.1.8.10 Explain the role of peer review, evidence, and modification in the development of a theory
NS.1.8.11 Evaluate the merit of hypotheses, laws, and theories	Epidemiology: What's My Hypothesis? - AAAS