Lesson Plan 15

SWBAT find the result of their RQ.

1. CaL Note Book
2. Pencil/Pen
3. Blackboard + Chalk

Step 1: Based on the data analysis, students will be able to reach a conclusion about their research question.

Step 2: In the discussion section, the students should discuss the results and their interpretation of the results. It is important that the authors draw appropriate and reasonable conclusions from their scientific data. The authors should write:

• A correct, succinct, conclusion statement that directly answers the RQ.
• A statement that mentions whether the hypothesis was proven right or wrong.
• At least two meaningful, authentic implications of the findings for the students community, city or a broader context.
•  A clear description of two factors that could have influenced the results, such
• as sources of error or bias in interpretation.
• Two potential solutions and/or action steps that students can take after the research is complete.
•  One new research question that has emerged from this research i.e. what new

 questions are coming to students’ minds after completing this research.

Step 3: Teachers- here is a resource you can go through before working with kids. 

Step 4: We have provided several scaffolds below to help them write the conclusion. Feel free to use any of them. Conclusion paragraph should not extend beyond 250 words

Step 1:

Conclusion statement:  Conclusion statement should directly answers the RQ. The conclusion statement should not be more than 2-3 sentences. 

E.G. What is the difference in water quality from four different neighbourhoods in Mumbai? Restate or Rephrase RQ (1 or 2 sentences) 

E.G., We were investigating if there is a difference in water quality from four different neighbourhoods in Mumbai. To check for quality, we tested the chloride content, hardness and E.Coli numbers. 

1st Conclusion statement 1 

E.G. Our data suggest that there is no major difference in the quality as far as chlorides and E.Coli are concerned.  The measure for chlorides across all 4 water samples was …… E.coli presence was ZERO in all 4 samples. 

2nd Conclusion statement 

E.G.We found that water being delivered to XYZ area by tanker was harder than the water being delivered in the other three areas by pipe. The hardness of water in XYZ area was 50 ppm and…

A.B. Rephrase or Restate Thesis Statement (1 or 2) 

E.G. Our hypothesis was that there would be a significant difference depending on where the water was delivered by tanker or pipe. The difference can be due to chloride content, hardness and E. coli number. Our hypothesis is proved right with respect to hardness of water.  

Or 

E.G.  We conclude that our hypothesis was not correct and that the quality of water being supplied to these 4 areas of Mumbai is almost the same. 

• At least two meaningful, authentic implications of the findings for the students community, city or a broader context.
• A clear description of two factors that could have influenced the results, such as sources of error or bias in interpretation.
• Two potential solutions and/or action steps that students can take after the research is complete.
• One new research question that has emerged from this research i.e. what new questions are coming to students’ minds after completing this research.

Meaningful Implications and new RQ

E.G. Our research question was: How many banks in Mumbai offer schemes for children? 

There are many children in Mumbai who work because they have no choice. Sometimes, children also get money for their birthdays and other festivals.If banks offered schemes for children, we could also learn how to save money at a very young age. 

We visited 10 different banks (public and private) and interviewed the managers, as well as collected all their information brochures. We found that private banks like XYZ and ABC offer  schemes for children like …whereas  in public banks, only one bank (name here) offers a scheme for children where (description). 

This has broader implications for the children of this city. We feel that most people in our communities use public banks so if we share this data with the public banks, maybe they will offer more schemes for children like us. Also the private banks should advertise their children’s schemes better as we didn’t know about these schemes before we conducted our research. In the future, we would like to investigate ALL banks in Mumbai to see what is the overall picture of availability of children’s schemes.  

Two factors that could have influenced the results

E.G. Our research question was: “How does different packaging affect the price and level of adulteration of milk sold in the market”?

We proved that our hypothesis was right, but there may have been certain factors which might have influenced our results like:

• We may have failed to follow the exact procedures specified for the  experiments.

• We may have unintentionally transmitted our expectations to match our results.

• The sample size selected by us for our questionnaire may not be a true representation of the entire population.
• People may not have answered our questionnaire sincerely.

Potential solution/action steps

1. G. Our research question was „How does skipping breakfast affect the concentration of children in the age group 9-11 years old in class‟.

Potential solution:

1. As an extension of this project, we plan to hold a presentation of our findings showing the parents as well as the children the benefits of a healthy breakfast and the consequences of skipping one.
2. We also plan to call a nutritionist for a talk who would not only enlist the benefits of a healthy, wholesome breakfast and its effects on the physical and mental well-being of a child but also guide and distribute pamphlets to the parents detailing what breakfast should be given to the children that can be deemed healthy and contain all the essential carbohydrates, proteins and required nutrients.