Scientific Enquiry

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

Are older children in our class taller?

• Pattern seeking

• Researching

• Fair testing

• Observing over time

• Identifying and classifying

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

How does blood travel around our body?

• Pattern seeking

• Researching

• Fair testing

• Observation over time

• Identifying and Classifying

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

How does the shape of the moon change in a month?

• Pattern seeking

• Research

• Fair testing

• Observation over time

• Identifying and Classifying

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

Which paper towel soaks up the most water?

• Pattern seeking

• Research

• Observation over time

• Fair testing

• Identifying and Classifying

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

Can you identify which objects will float and which will sink?

• Pattern seeking

• Research

• Observation over time

• Fair testing

• Identifying and Classifying

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

Which months are wettest?

Answer explanation

Pattern seeking because I am looking to see if there is a pattern between the months and how wet they are.

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

Is it a living thing or not?

Answer explanation

Identifying and Classifying because I will classify the things I find into living and not living groups.

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

How can we make the lightbulb brighter?

Answer explanation

Fair testing because I could try different things to make the lightbulb brighter and record my findings.

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

What will happen to the Earth as the sun dies?

Answer explanation

Researching because we will never see this happen in our lifetime and we cannot test it.

What type of scientific enquiry is the following statement:

How does exercise affect our pulse rate?

Answer explanation

Obeservation over time because I need to see how my pulse rate changes as I exercise.