Activity:  Water Lab

Pre-Activity:  Research models of local tides.

Do Now:  Prepare for lab assignment by gathering materials and arranging in groups around tables.

Aim:  Investigate the effect of gravity on water via the inclined plane.

Major Assignment:  Measure and map the effect of water dripping onto inclined planes.

Processes, Skills, Goals:  Measuring phenomena, parsing work assignments, reading and understanding lab assignments

Content:  Science as the activity of observation, measurement, and reporting using tables, graphs, and maps.

Instructions:  Introduce the issue of prediction, reality, and model of phenomena.  Guide students through Inclined Plane Water Lab.

Materials:  Water lab assignment, water droppers, beakers of water, rulers, towels, as per lab instructions.

Guiding Questions:  What do you think will happen when you drop water on a flat surface?  How many drops will it take?  What about an inclined plane?  What will happen when you raise the angle?  Make predictions and see what happens?  Report your results.

Homework:  Finish lab analysis questions and offer a hypothesis of the underlying mathematical relationship between angle of inclination, number of drops, and resultant path of water flow.