Lab Station Questions Lab Station 1- Investigating Forces 1. Which object was having a noticeable effect on the other object? 2. Which object is receiving the force? 3. What type of force is being exerted? 4. Describe what happened to the objects to show this force happening. Lab Station 2- Heat It Up! 1. What is happening to the glitter as the water gets hotter? 2. What type of heat transfer is this? 3. What type of heat transfer helps sunlight get to the Earth? 4. What part of this lab would be classified as conduction? Convection? Radiation? Lab Station 3- Spongebob Variables **Refer to your worksheet at this station. Lab Station 4- Catapult Launch Lab 1. Name three ways that energy transformed during the catapult launch. 2. Why was the energy not lost or destroyed? 3. Did the marshmallow launch the same distance in all three trials? Why or why not? 4. How could you have improved your design process to make the marshmallow go farther?
Lab Station 5- Fault in the Stars 1. What are common characteristics among small stars? 2. How would you describe medium stars in regards to temperature and luminosity? 3. Compare the larger stars in regards to temperature and luminosity. 4. Explain why bigger stars are more luminous than the smaller stars. 5. Group the stars into the appropriate categories. 6. Where are the largest stars? 7. Where are the coolest and dimmest stars? 8. Where are the coolest and brightest stars? 9. Where are the hottest and dimmest stars? 10. Where are the hottest and brightest stars? 11. How does the sun compare to other stars? 12. What do you think colors tell us about the temperatures of stars? 13. How are temperature and luminosity related in stars? 14. What can the size of a star tell us about the luminosity of the star?
Lab Station 6- Darwin s Beaks 1. The tools you used in this experiment represented varying beaks of the same bird. What causes the variation of beaks in a species of bird? 2. Think about what you observed in this activity. What was an important physical adaptation for a bird to have in order to survive? 3. What might happen to the bird population if humans destroyed the forest and killed most of the insects? 4. The fossil record shows that many different species have become extinct over time. Dinosaurs are one example. Why have so many species died off? 5. Which bird in your activity was the best competitor? Explain why. 6. Adaptations can be structural, behavioral, or physiological. Give an example of each type of adaptation in birds. Station 7- Theories vs. Laws Foldable 1. How are theories similar to laws? 2. How are theories different from laws? 3. Why can theories never become laws? 4. Why are laws permanent?
Station 8- Snickers Tectonic Plates 1. State the Theory of Plate Tectonics. 2. What are the evidences here on Earth to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics? 3. Can you use a Snicker s candy bar to model the Theory of Plate Tectonics? Explain why or why not. 4. Why is the Earth s lithosphere considered a giant jigsaw puzzle? 5. List and define the three types of tectonic plate boundaries. 6. Rate of Sea-Floor Spreading problem: Parts of Africa and South America were joined 135 million years ago. These parts are now 1,000 km apart. What is the overall rate at which these parts are moving away from each other in millimeters per year? 7. Alfred Wegener wrote, If it turns out that sense and meaning are now becoming evident in the whole history of the Earth s development, why should we hesitate to toss the old views overboard? Explain why you think the acceptance of new ideas in science is a slow process. Station 9- Kingdom Exploration Foldable
Station 10- Gummy Bear Lab 1. What happened to the candy after soaking it in distilled water overnight? 2. Why did you get these results? 3. What do you think would happen to the candy if you let it soak in salt water overnight? 4. How can you relate this lab to our human body systems? Station 11- Solar System Scale Activity 1. If light travels at 300, 000 km per second, how long will it take that light to reach Earth? Saturn? 2. Which planet is closest to Earth? 3. Most planets have their own satellites. What is the best explanation for why Mercury and Venus do not have moons? 4. Sometimes scientists change their theories when new evidence is available. Give an example of how scientific thinking has changed in recent years. 5. Sequence the following terms from smallest to largest: galaxy, planet, solar system, star, universe 6. What is the difference between a revolution and a rotation? Station 12- Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration **See the documents from this station for items to study.
Station 13- Mystery Substances 1. Describe the properties of the ingredients to this experiment. 2. Describe the properties of the substance you created. 3. Was making this substance a physical or chemical change? Explain how you know. 4. Do you think a change in energy occurred with the change in matter? Why? Station 14- Paper Pets
Station 15- Matter Mind Map 1. What is the smallest unit of matter? 2. What is the state of change from a solid directly to a gas? 3. What is the process called when a liquid changes to a solid? 4. What are 3 differences between mixtures and compounds? Station 16- Food Web Poster Station 17- Panel Discussion: Impact of Humans on Florida Aquifers Station 18- Making Pudding: Hot or Not?! Station 19- Motion Graphs Activity **See the foldable booklet from this station for items to study.
Station 20- Characteristics of the Planets 1. What type of planets are the inner planets? Outer planets? 2. What are physical characteristics of the inner planets? Outer planets? 3. What are three reasons why we could not live on Venus? 4. What is stopping us from living on Mars? 5. Why is Neptune blue? 6. Which planet has the highest average temperature? Why is this? 7. Which planet has the lowest average temperature? 8. Which planet has the most moons? Why do you think that is? Station 21- Eclipses in the Classroom 1. Who cannot see a lunar eclipse? 2. Who cannot see a solar eclipse? 3. Do you see a lunar eclipse at night or during the day? What about a solar eclipse? 4. During a solar eclipse, what would you see if you stood on the Moon and looked at Earth? 5. What is the phase of the moon during a solar eclipse? During a lunar eclipse? 6. Why don t we see a lunar eclipse during every full moon? 7. Do other planets experience eclipses?