Inquiry Skills and Backyard Exploration

The video tutorial introduces inquiry skills, emphasizing their role in engaging the brain and finding answers. It covers active reading, vocabulary, and the use of inquiry skills to gather information, plan tests, and conduct investigations. The tutorial follows Danny and Sophie as they explore a backyard, observing, predicting, measuring, comparing, classifying, modeling, and inferring. The video concludes with a discussion on living things in the backyard and encourages further questioning.

What is the primary purpose of using inquiry skills?

• To draw pictures

• To write essays

• To engage the brain and find answers

• To memorize facts

What do inquiry skills help people do?

• Plan and conduct tests

• Cook meals

• Play sports

• Sing songs

What does it mean to observe?

• To use your five senses to learn about things

• To ignore something

• To write a story

• To draw a picture

What is one of the inquiry skills mentioned?

• Dancing

• Singing

• Exploring

• Cooking

How does Danny measure the birdhouse?

• With his hands

• With a ruler

• With a tape measure

• With a string

What does Sophie do with the leaves?

• She throws them away

• She compares and classifies them

• She burns them

• She eats them

What is the purpose of making a model?

• To paint a picture

• To write a book

• To create a new invention

• To show what something is like or how it works

What can Danny and Sophie infer about the backyard?

• It is home to many plants and animals

• It is empty

• It is a desert

• It is a playground

What is one question Danny and Sophie might ask about the backyard?

• What time is it?

• What is the weather like?

• Are there any living things in the backyard?

• How old is the backyard?

What is the final step Danny and Sophie take in their investigation?

• They write a report

• They draw a map of the backyard

• They go to sleep

• They plant new trees