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Teacher illustrates the steps of the scientific method.

Objective: To teach the scientific method.

Activity: The teacher will demonstrate an experiment which illustrates the steps of the scientific method. Any experiment which clearly demonstrates carefully to observe, hypothesis formation, experimentation, data collection, analysis and a conclusion is appropriate. Example: an experiment to determine the period of a pendulum.

Assessment: Notes from the demonstration will be checked for thoroughness and clarity.