Give guidance and feedback to students' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing students "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.

Remove water from melon, record, analyze data, make conclusion, compare w/ hypothesis.

Objective: Conduct hands-on experiment.

Activity: In cooperative groups, students will measure circumference and length of their watermelon. They will weigh the watermelon in pounds and kilograms. Then, they will use their procedure for extracting water from the watermelon. It will be measured and data recorded under step five (Analysis) on their lab report. A written conclusion will be recorded.

Assessment: Ability of students to complete the experiment and complete steps five and six on their lab report.