My physical science students really enjoyed this Hit the Target Lab. It’s my first time teaching physical science, and I’m learning so much every day. When I typed up this mini-lab sheet, I thought we would be able to calculate the error and percent error. I didn’t think through this very well because my students …
Error and Percent Error
Before taking our quiz in physical science over error and percent error, I wanted to give my students a last chance to get some practice and ask questions. I decided the best way to use our time was to do two mini labs. I have to get creative with my labs for this class because …
After discussing accuracy vs precision in physical science, we moved into a discussion of error and percent error. Here’s a booklet error and percent error foldable I created for us to glue in our interactive notebooks. We had a great discussion about how mis-measuring someone’s height by a foot and mis-measuring the height of a …