Penny Water Lab

Learning Target:

I can understand variable and the need to control them

I can identify a “fair science test”

I can use scientific process skills in problem solving, determine cause and effect, make inferences, classify, predict, and make inferences to solve a problem

 Materials:

• Penny for each student
• Paper towels
• Dropper or Pipet
• Calculator to find Average

 This is about dropping water on a penny. This is a funny and easy lab to do with your students. In the end of the lab your students should have a better understanding on how the scientific process and what is a variable. They will collect data and share out their ideas on what makes a fair test.

 Fold-able lab sheet to be glued into the student’s science notebook or science interactive journal.