Students will learn the fundamentals of experimental design, safety and lab procedures, and will have the opportunity to design and run an experiment of their choosing. We will conduct several controlled experiments and discuss how the scientific method can be applied to solve problems and answer questions. A major focus of this class will be understanding science as a process and how it can be used as a tool to make sense of the physical world. For the final project, each student will create a poster or powerpoint that outlines their experiment and includes their results and conclusions.