CITW


 * Classroom Instruction That Works **

​ __Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works__ Chapter 11: Generating & Testing Hypotheses

1.) Make sure students can explain their hypotheses and conclusions. 2.) Use a variety of structured tasks to guide students through generating and testing hypotheses
 * What To Do:**

1.) //Systems Analysis:// Students study systems and its parts then make predictions for changes that can be made to the system. If this changes, then this will happen...
 * Six Tasks to Incorporate into the Classroom:**
 * [|Smog City]

2.) //Problem Solving:// Students look at various solutions given the challenges posed by a problem.
 * [|NASA]

3.) //Historical Investigation:// Students construct hypotheses about historical events for which there is not agree-upon resolution.
 * [|You Are the Historian]
 * [|Primary Access]

4.) //Invention:// Students examine a need then word to create a solution.
 * [|How to Invent]

5.) //Experimental Inquiry:// Students make an informed hypotheses about why or how something happened and test their prediction. Often happens naturally when students observe a phenomenon.
 * [|Darwin Pond]
 * [|Explore Learning]
 * [|BugScope]

6.) //Decision Making:// Students define criteria and apply weight to the varoius criteria in order to make a decision.


 * [|Practicing with the Catapult]
 * [|Zoo Matchmaker]
 * [|Windward]
 * [|Hurrican Strike]
 * [|Stock Market]

Find ways to use technology so that time can be spent more on interpreting data and not collecting the data.
 * Remember:**

Example on page 204 in __Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works__ A spreadsheet is created prior to the lesson with students. The teachers makes the spreadsheet interactive by allowing students to manipulate the data, consider graphical patterns, and test their predictions by receiving quick feedback based on multiple scenarios. Three scenarios are given to students for making money from an investment. Students manipulate data in the spreadsheet to determine how each scenario would affect their daily and future living.
 * Spreadsheet software
 * Data collection tools
 * Web resources


 * Sites with Lesson Ideas for Spreadsheets in the Classroom:**
 * [|Everyday Spreadsheets]


 * Additional Ideas to Create in Spreadsheets:**
 * Manipulating portion size of what you eat and how many minutes of exercise you get in a day.
 * Manipulating the amount of time spent using electronics to see how much money can be saved each day.
 * Manipulating data to find out which energy saving appliances would be most cost effective in saving money so you know which one to buy.
 * Manipulating data to determine the difference in profit when using different brands of ingredients in a bakery, restuarant, etc.