SCIENCE TOOLS FOR LAB AND LIFE #1
Learning Objectives
Students will:
1.
2.
Know the names of and uses for different tools
used in scientific inquiry.
Understand that the same tools they use in the
classroom are used by people at home and in
their careers.
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Test
1. Your five senses are your most important
scientific tools __ T __F
2. Fire is an important part of any good
experiment __ T __F
3. A hand lens and a magnifying box both
enlarge the image of an object __ T __F
3.
Understand the importance of using scientific
tools correctly.
4. Rulers, meter sticks, and tape measures can all
measure length __ T __F
4.
Know that their five senses are the most
important scientific tools they have.
5. Carpenters and seamstresses don’t use any
scientific tools __ T __F
Suggested Activities
1.
2.
Tools for life. Ask students to make a list of or
draw the tools they learned about in the video.
Encourage students to work together to think
of other scientific tools that they have seen
used in the classroom. Ask students to go home
and find out what kinds of tools their parents
use at home and on the job. Have students
draw pictures or take photographs of their
parents using scientific tools at home. Students
should share their findings with the class and
discuss.
Experiment with tools. Ask students to think of
an experiment they would like to try.
Brainstorm as a class ideas that could be tested.
Have students work individually or as a group
to design an experiment, focusing on
observation, safety, and measurement tools.
Discuss each experiment as a class, and choose
whether or not they are viable. If there is time,
have students gather tools and test their
experiments in class.
6. Which of the following is not one of your five
senses?
a) Taste
b) Emotion
c) Touch
d) Sight
7. What tool might you use to keep your hands
from getting hurt by chemicals?
a) Forceps
b) Hand lens
c) Gloves
d) Thermometer
8. Which tool measures how much there is of
something?
a) Balance
b) Beaker
c) Ruler
d) All of the above
9. Which scientific tool does a baker use?
a) Thermometer
b) Balance
c) Beaker
d) Hand lens
10. What can’t a scientific tool help you with?
a) Keep you safe
b) Help you observe
c) Help you measure
d) Solve all of your problems
Answers:
1T, 2F, 3T, 4T, 5F, 6B, 7C, 8D, 9A, 10D
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Vocabulary
Balance – a tool used to measure the mass (weight) of an object
Clock – a tool used for measuring time
Dropper – a small tube with a rubber bulb on one end that
sucks up liquid and dispenses it one drop at a time
Fire extinguisher – a tool used to put out fire
Five senses – how we interpret things around us, using taste,
touch, sight, hearing, and smell
Forceps – a tool that looks like tongs or tweezers
Gloves – a tool used to protect your hands
Goggles – a tool used to protect your eyes
Gram – a metric unit of mass
Hand lens – a magnifying glass with a handle that enlarges the
image of an object
Magnifying box – a box with a magnifying lens on top
Measurement – the size, length, quantity, or rate of an object
Simple Microscope – a tool that uses a lens to make things
appear larger
Meter stick – a tool used to measure length, width or height
Observe – watch carefully
Phosphors – a substance that can emit light
Probe – A long, thin tool used for moving and examining
objects
Ruler – a tool used to measure length
Sight – the sense that allows us to see with our eyes
Tape measure – a long roll of fabric, plastic, metal or paper
that is used to measure length, width or height
Thermometer – a tool used for measuring temperature
Tool – something you use to make a job easier
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SCIENCE TOOLS FOR LAB AND LIFE #1
TEACHER’S GUIDE
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VIDEO EXPERIMENT DIRECTIONS for Slime video experiment 1. Remove felt from highlighter marker and place in a glass bowl 2. Pour 60 ml of water over the felt to extract the dye (may need to use forceps to squeeze out more dye.) Use a black light to observe how juice glows 3. Add 5 grams (1 tsp) of borax to the glow juice 4. Combine 30 ml of glue with 30 ml of water in a bowl 5. Pour glue mixture into borax mixture (don’t stir) 6. Pull out glob and play with it until it dries (it’s done when you throw it down and it bounces instead of going “splat”
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