Scientific Method

Pseudoscience (1996)

Icon: 
DVD icon
Icon: 
Teacher's Guide icon

It’s the “Pseudoscience” episode, and the Lab’s getting a little spooky.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:23
Pseudoscience

Do-It-Yourself Science (1997)

Icon: 
DVD icon
Icon: 
Teacher's Guide icon

 
Who, what, where, why and how are powerful question words.
Over centuries, humans came up with a way for answering questions and proving answers, called the scientific method. A good question is just the beginning. What’s so great about the scientific method? Once you learn how it works, you can use it to help solve just about any problem.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:23
Do-It-Yourself Science

Zendo

Icon: 
game icon

Zendo is a game of inductive logic in which the Master creates a rule and the Students attempt to discover it by building and studying arrangements of plastic pyramid-shaped pieces (known as “Icehouse pieces”). The first student to state the rule correctly wins.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
20 min.
Zendo

The Suitcase Detectives

Icon: 
game icon

Percy Pilferer is around town. The notorious pickpocket is painting the town red and has not yet been caught in the act. Bingo! He strikes again. What has he stolen this time?

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
20 min.
The Suitcase Detectives