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Scientific Processes

The Scientific Processes collection features highlighted resources that were shared on Scoilnet by Agricultural Science teachers. The selected resources below were chosen by the PDST AgScience team and showcase resources that were rated with five stars.

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Hypothesis

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/29521/29257.docx Added: 25 Apr 2019 Contributor: Helen Van Eesbeck Resource type: Case Study / Lesson Plan / Worksheet / Activity

Lesson plan on hypothesis. Defines hypothesis & provides students with examples of hypothesis both good & bad. Also students have to work out prediction, independent & dependent variables & controls.

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 1. Hypothesising

Suggestions for use: Good to use when showing what is a good & bad hypothesis. Allows students to work out the control, independent & dependent variables & predictions for the experiment.

Asset type: Document
Language: English
Rights: Attribution-Noncommercial Share Alike Creative Commons
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Game - Keywords

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/31361/31097.pdf Added: 15 Nov 2019 Contributor: Jane Cross Resource type: Assessment / Activity

Agricultural Science game for students to engage with some important keywords and key terminology associated with strand 1 and 2. Instructions for the game are provided so that the teacher can explain the game to their students.

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 1. Hypothesising

Suggestions for use: See instructions sheet

Asset type: Document
Language: English
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% Water in Soil - Scientific Practices

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/29745/29481.docx Added: 28 May 2019 Contributor: Helen Van Eesbeck Resource type: Experiment / Lesson Plan / Worksheet / Activity

% water in soil experiment using different scientific practices headings. Worksheet using headings for students to complete. Can be adapted to any one of the 20 experiments

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 2. Experimenting

Suggestions for use: Used when completing investigations. Various scientific practice headings used for students to work with while completing practical investigations.


Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 1. Hypothesising

Suggestions for use: Used when completing investigations. Various scientific practice headings used for students to work with while completing practical investigations.


Strand: 2. Soils

Strand unit: 1. Formation and Classification

Suggestions for use: Used when completing investigations in soils - % water in soil sample. Various scientific practice headings used for students to work with while completing practical investigations.

Asset type: Document
Language: English
Rights: Attribution-Noncommercial Share Alike Creative Commons
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Grassmen Farm Safety Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8KN2BHFK4 Added: 06 Nov 2020 Contributor: Jennifer Broderick Resource type: Audio / Video

A farm safety video by Grassmen. Could ask students to record some farm safety hazards and measures that can be taken to limit farm accidents while watching the video.

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 5. Working Safely

Asset type: Video
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
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Safe Handling of Livestock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSk2ZtlEeKI&feature=emb_logo Added: 06 Nov 2020 Contributor: Jennifer Broderick Resource type: Audio / Video

A Teagasc information video on the safe handling of livestock.

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 5. Working Safely

Asset type: Video
Language: English
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Writing a Scientific Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqioa8Njhhk Added: 07 Oct 2020 Contributor: Helen Van Eesbeck Resource type: Guide/notes / Audio / Video / Presentation / Reference

Basic description of how to write a scientific report. Could be useful to show this at the beginning of teaching practical activities and you can build on terms as you go through the course.

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 4. Communicating

Suggestions for use: Use to introduce the concept of scientific report writing. You can build on strand 1 terms as you progress through the experiments.

Asset type: Presentation
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
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The Scientific Method

https://www.khanacademy.org/science...ific-method/v/the-scientific-method Added: 25 Apr 2019 Contributor: Helen Van Eesbeck Resource type: Audio / Video

Good video describing the scientific method. Goes through how to come up with a question & then goes through the process

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How it maps to the curriculum

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Strand unit: 1. Hypothesising

Suggestions for use: Good to show students at the beginning when introducing the scientific method. Students should be familiar with it from junior cycle science but good to revise

Asset type: Audio
Language: English
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Hypothesising and Experimenting Quiz

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5f4f858438a19c001b069c82 Added: 18 Nov 2020 Contributor: Jennifer Broderick Resource type: Assessment / Game

An online Quizizz quiz to assess knowledge of the key terms surrounding the scientific method, hypothesising and experimenting. Can be played individually or against others.

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Agriculture Science

Strand: 1. Scientific Process

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
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