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A good resource for understanding what a hypothesis is from Amber H,

Here are labs Gregg at Desert Springs Middle School has used or will be using for 7th grade science Chapter 1. He tries to turn every lab (as much as possible) into a hypothesis lab so kids get many experiences with the scientific method throughout the year.









Here is an experiment using those little animals that grow when you put them in water from Jorge at JWMS Another lab from Jorge. Have students make the frogs different sizes and from different papers and cardstocks and make hypotheses about which will go farther. This lab that could also be easily adapted for the evolution unit- I'll put it there too. The metric staircase is a good way to teach kids metric conversions. Some worksheets to go with chapter 1 Contact Maria Kylis at the CVMVCD (342-8287) for other organisms (mosquitoes, tadpole shrimp, nemotodes) to use for similar labs.