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Activities and Experiments

Lesson 1: Living Organisms

Note: This is an abbreviated list
from the activities listed on the website.

Experiment: Observing Around the House

1. Walk around your house. In each room, make an observation by using
your senses
2. Based on this observation, ask a question. For example, if you
observe that the kitchen smells like cookies, you might ask, “Has
someone been baking cookies?”
3. Create a testable hypothesis that answers each of your questions.
4. Feel free to test any of your hypotheses.

Experiment: Conducting Research

1. Think on an organism (bacteria, fish, reptiles…) that interests you.
2. With adult help, search the Internet to find five web pages about this
organism
3. Answer the questions below about each web site
a. Who wrote the site? (If unknown, write “unknown.”)
b. If the site has an author, does the site list his or her
qualifications for writing about the organism?

c. Is there an organization that created the site? If so, who are
they?
d. Does the site give you a way to contact the author and/or
organization if you have questions?
e. Based on your answers to questions a-d, do you trust this site as
being a good source for information about the organism? Why
or why not?

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