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August 24, 2009. Catalyst Over the weekend, Andreas lost his new iPhone. Today, Courtney came to school with a brand new iPhone. As you walked to class, you overheard Courtney whispering to someone about how “lucky” she was to “win” something, but you could not make out anything more.
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August 24, 2009 • Catalyst • Over the weekend, Andreas lost his new iPhone. Today, Courtney came to school with a brand new iPhone. As you walked to class, you overheard Courtney whispering to someone about how “lucky” she was to “win” something, but you could not make out anything more. • Write a hypothesis about how you think Courtney got her new iPhone.
Objectives • By the end of class, SWBAT… • Make quality hypotheses • Test a hypothesis in an experiment
Catalyst Review • So, what do you think happened?
Hypotheses are EDUCATED guesses • A lot of students have had trouble understanding when a hypothesis is educated, and when it is not. • From now on: always include the word “because” in your hypothesis. • A hypothesis is educated if there is a reason to believe it. • If you write “because” then you are supplying a reason, so your hypothesis will ALWAYS be educated.
Go back to your catalyst • Re-write your hypothesis using the word “because”
Stroop-a-doop • Read the “Procedures” section of the Stroop lab to yourself • When you finish, write a hypothesis
Stroop-a-doop: Roles • In this lab, there are 4 positions: • Time Keeper • Test Subject • Test Proctor • Signal Giver • Each person will get an opportunity to be each role!
Stroop-a-doop: Let’s model this • I need one group to volunteer
Matching Color RED BLUE YELLOW YELLOW GREEN RED
Non-Matching Color RED BLUE YELLOW YELLOW GREEN RED
Stroop-a-doop: Let’s model this • Answer the pre-lab questions (questions 1-2)
Group Chat • What was the independent variable? • HINT: What did I change?
Group Chat • What was the dependent variable in this lab? • HINT: What did I measure?
Group Chat • Was there a control in this experiment? Why was it necessary?
Independent time • Each person must turn in a lab report on the Stroop experiment.
Exit Questions • Write a hypothesis to explain whether you think young people or old people would be faster at reading non-matching words in the Stroop lab. • Keep in mind what we learned earlier about how to write educated hypotheses!