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Key Cognitive Skills:

Predicting, Observing, Recording,

Questioning, Measuring, Collecting data,

Recording data & Interpreting data

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Specific Outcomes:

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Student take quantitative measurements of

their reaction times.

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Students will become familiar using

millisecond increments.

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Students record results and expand on their

observations.

PROJECT 2061 BENCHMARKS FOR SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

1A The Scientific World View

Results of similar scientific investigations seldom turn out exactly the same way.

2C Mathematics Inquiry

Numbers and shapes - and operations on them - help to describe and predict things

about the world around us.

12A Values and Attitudes

Keep records of their investigations. Offer reasons for finding and considering

reasons suggested by others.

12D Communication Skills

Use numerical data in describing and comparing objects and events.

6C Basic Functions

The brain gets signals from all parts of the body telling it what is going on there.

The brain also sends signals to parts of the body to influence what they do.

Grade 4: Reaction Time Unit

UNC-CH Brain Explorers

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