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Easy Quick Scientific Method Lab - First Week of School Science Activities

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Cool School Comics
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4th - 8th, Homeschool
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25 pages and Google Slideshow
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This is more than an easy and quick scientific method lab. This stand-alone, print-and-go lesson plan is a super resource perfect for your 5th-grade scientific method unit! Jam-packed with content, a hands-on glow stick lab with a science observation sheet, an editable slideshow, and more, this resource aligns with the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices standards.

Product Overview

What are the 7 steps of the scientific method? This comic will answer this question in a visual format with relatable examples. From asking questions to forming a hypothesis, and experimental design, everything is presented in an eye-catching science cartoon format. Get your students excited about reading content, and engage all levels of learners.

This download includes Google Slides, relatable content, Doodle Notes, a lesson plan template, drawing activities, a hands-on STEM activity, lab reports, a scientific method experiment template, a science extra credit word search, a final project, and rubrics.

Solidify your students' understanding of the steps to the scientific method with a low-prep and SUPER FUN GLOW STICK EXPERIMENT. This is a great activity for the beginning of the school year because it will familiarize them with scientific practices and leave them feeling excited!

Your student will jump at the chance to turn off the lights and test the luminosity of glow sticks. Every kid LOVES glow sticks and will jump at the opportunity to crack them in class.

Your students will light up (pun intended) when they get to conduct experiments with GLOW STICKS!

This Scientific Method Lesson Plan download includes:

  1. Lesson Plan Template
  2. Google Slideshow- Editable and animated! The link is provided on the first page of the PDF download.
  3. Fully Colored Scientific Method Comic- Perfect for projecting on the front board or printing as a poster. Great for bulletin boards or anchor charts.
  4. BlackLine Comic- Easily printable, fun to color
  5. Fill-in-the-Blank Doodle Notes- Use as a guided reading or guided note-taking tool. This is a great addition to interactive notebooks!
  6. Scientific Method Experiment Template- A step-by-step guide students can use for any experiment.
  7. Create-a-Comic Project- A completely blank comic template. Students can draw in vertical lines where they see fit.
  8. Rubrics- Two rubrics, differentiated for learning levels, to help you grade the final project.
  9. Hands-on STEM Activity- Demonstrate the steps to the scientific method via this LOW-PREP and INEXPENSIVE lab! Oh, and it is also a lot of FUN!
  10. Lab Report- Students are guided through the steps as they complete the lab and this report.
  11. Science Extra Credit Word Search
  12. Answer Keys for Guided Notes and Lab Reports
  13. Teacher Tips- Tips and instruction ideas for you!
  14. Easel Version- For your students' Google Classroom or learning devices!

The scientific method is not just for scientists but can be applied in many areas of life. This comic illustrates the process with a relatable, real-life example and shows readers how these steps can be utilized outside of the classroom. Our characters will embark on a scientific inquiry as they search for the perfect pair of new shoes. They will demonstrate each step of the inquiry process through the process of questioning, researching, forming a hypothesis, and experimenting. Will they find the shoes they are looking for?

What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN! 

  • This is the most crucial benefit.
  • Students are more willing to participate and more engaged. 
  • The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE. 

  • About 65% of the population consists of visual learners. 

Visual information is processed faster. 

  • Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement! 

  • These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
  • You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
  • Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

  • Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles. 
  • Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
  • They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
  • Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
  • Comics help English Language Learners and SPED students find success.


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"Perfect introduction for our new year of science! Thank you!" by Messy Beautiful Fun


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25 pages and Google Slideshow
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Teaching Duration
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSSMS-ETS1-2
Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

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