Inquiry Student Responses

Investigation Design and Perform
INITIATE
& PLAN
Step 1:Observing & Questioning

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WHAT DID I OBSERVE?
WHAT AM I WONDERING?
(What do you notice about the object or event?

Use your senses to describe the object or event.)
(What questions or predictions do you have about

the object or event?)
- How long will the paper towel stay?
- Will the paper towel stay put?
- Does pop make the paper towel stick better?
- Splat
- Paper towel stuck
- Paper towel slid
- Liquid between towel and wall
- Flight
- Hang time
- Launcher tossed paper towel
How can the questions be answered?

(Question Sort)
LABELLED DIAGRAM:
Level: 2
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Experiment Design and Perform
INITIATE
& PLAN
Step 2(a):What could I measure or observe about the object, or event?

Brainstorm (Place sticky notes of the same colour in the space below.)
- Stick time
- Launch distance
-
Possible Dependent Variables
Step 2(b):What could I change or vary about the object or event that may
affect what I could measure or observe?
Brainstorm (Place sticky notes of a new colour in the space below.)
- Liquid used
- Paper towel used
- Launch distance
- Surface thrown at
Variables
Level: 2
2 of 4
INITIATE
& PLAN
Step 3(a):What will I change?

ONE VARIABLE I WILL CHANGE:
I WILL MEASURE OR OBSERVE THISRESULT:

Stick time (minutes, days)
liquid used
Independent
Variable
Dependent
Variable
(Place a sticky note from Step 2(b) here)
(Place a sticky note from Step 2(a) here)
Step 3(b):What will I not change?

VARIABLES I WILL NOT CHANGE:
What conditions will be held constant so it is a fair test? Place remaining sticky notes from Step 2(b) here.
Paper towel used
Controlled
Variable
surface thrown at
Controlled
Variable
Launch distance
launcher
Controlled
Variable
Controlled
Variable
amount of paper towel
Controlled
Variable
Controlled
Variable
Level: 2
3 of 4
INITIATE
& PLAN
Step 4:What is the question I want to explore?
type of liquid
Independent
Variable
IF I CHANGE
WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO
stick time
Dependent
Variable
COMPARED TO THE CONTROL?

paper towel with water
Step 5:What is my hypothesis (what and why)?

BASED UPON MY QUESTION, I PREDICT THAT:
if the
type of liquid
changed
is
Independent Variable
How the independent variable will be changed

(e.g. increased or decreased, heated or cooled, stirred or not stirred)
then the
stick time of the paper towel
Dependent Variable
will
change (increase)
How the dependent variable will be affected
(e.g. increased or decreased, heated or cooled, stirred or not stirred)
I think this will happen because
The sugar from the pop will make the paper towel stick to the wall longer than water
.
Level: 2
4 of 4
Plan, Perform & Record
PERFORM
& RECORD
Step 6:How will we test our prediction?

OUR TEST
SET-UP
Heres how we
will change
the variable...
(What will we do?
How will we change
the variable?)
OUR TEST STEPS:
OUR CONTROL
SET-UP
Changed
Variable
OUR CONTROL STEPS:
Level: 1
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Heres how we
wont change
this variable...
(What will we do?
How will we keep the
variable the same?)
PERFORM
& RECORD

Step 7a):How will we record our observations and/or measurements?
SAMPLE CHART FOR RECORDING MEASUREMENTS / OBSERVATIONS
Modify this chart to suit the investigation or design your own. (Specify units if appropriate.)
WHAT CHANGES DID WE MAKE
TO THE CHANGED VARIABLE?
WHAT DID WE OBSERVE

AND/OR MEASURE?
Level: 1
2 of 3
PERFORM
& RECORD
Step 7b):Equipment Set-Up & Check
Have we .
collected all of the materials?
organized and/or set-up our

equipment properly?
reviewed our procedure and recording chart?
made changes where necessary?
Step 7c):Perform Experiment and Collect the Data
Follow the procedure to complete the experiment.

Record the data in your chart. (See Step 7a).
Level: 1
3 of 3
ANALYZE
& INTERPRET
Analyze & Interpret

Step 8:Graphing Results
What type of graph best suits my data?
Bar Graph
Line Graph
Other
What We Observed...
MY GRAPH SHOWING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What We Changed...
Remember to label axes and add scales appropriately.
Level: 1
1 of 2
ANALYZE
& INTERPRET
Analyze & Interpret

Step 9:Finding Patterns and Relationships in Results
FROM THE GRAPH/TABLE:
The highest value/number
The lowest value/number
The graph/table shows that when we change
Values/numbers that
are equal or constant
(Changed variable)
, the
(Describe what happens to what we measured/observed.)

WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE:
(What is our evidence?)
When we observed
DATA
FROM
SENSES
We saw/heard/felt/smelled,
.
When we measured
DATA
FROM
MEASUREMENTS
with
, we found
.
Level: 1
2 of 2
COMMUNICATE
Communicate
Step 10(a):Communicating My Results
ANSWER THE QUESTION IN A GENERAL WAY.
When I
increased / decreased
the
what I measured/observed
changed variable
the
increased / decreased
MAKE A CONCLUDING STATEMENT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE.
Therefore, changing
the changed variable
the change in what I measured/observed
CONCEPT MAP
Draw a word map that summarizes the idea you started with and what you did during this investigation
IDEA
Level: 1
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makes
COMMUNICATE
Communicate
REFER TO YOUR PREDICTION.
THE DATA DOES NOT

SUPPORT MY PREDICTION
THE DATA DOES

SUPPORT MY PREDICTION
because I predicted that
because I predicted that
change in the changed variable
change in the changed variable
would make
would make
I thought
I thought
would cause this change because
would cause this change because
.
Now I know that
.
doesnt have that effect.
MAKE AN INFERENCE:
Level: 1
2 of 4
COMMUNICATE
Communicate
I think this happened because
Level: 1
3 of 4
COMMUNICATE
Communicate
Step 10(b):Other Considerations
1. If you had data that was different from other groups (or was inconclusive or
inconsistent), what might have caused these results?
2. How might have you improved your investigation?
3. What new/additional questions do you now want to investigate?
Level: 1
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Investigation Design and Perform

Step 1:Observing & Questioning

Place sticky notes of a new colour in the space below.

WHAT DID I OBSERVE?

(What do you notice about the object or event?

(What questions or predictions do you have about

How can the questions be answered?

Experiment Design and Perform

Step 2(a):What could I measure or observe about the object, or event?

Possible Dependent Variables

Experiment Design and Perform

Step 3(a):What will I change?

I WILL MEASURE OR OBSERVE THISRESULT:

(Place a sticky note from Step 2(b) here)

(Place a sticky note from Step 2(a) here)

Step 3(b):What will I not change?

Paper towel used

amount of paper towel

Experiment Design and Perform

Step 4:What is the question I want to explore?

COMPARED TO THE CONTROL?

Step 5:What is my hypothesis (what and why)?

How the independent variable will be changed

stick time of the paper towel

How the dependent variable will be affected

(e.g. increased or decreased, heated or cooled, stirred or not stirred)

I think this will happen because

Plan, Perform & Record

Step 6:How will we test our prediction?

OUR TEST STEPS:

OUR CONTROL STEPS:

Plan, Perform & Record

WHAT DID WE OBSERVE

Plan, Perform & Record

Step 7b):Equipment Set-Up & Check

organized and/or set-up our

reviewed our procedure and recording chart?

made changes where necessary?

Step 7c):Perform Experiment and Collect the Data

Follow the procedure to complete the experiment.

Analyze & Interpret

MY GRAPH SHOWING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Analyze & Interpret

The highest value/number

The lowest value/number

The graph/table shows that when we change

(Describe what happens to what we measured/observed.)

MAKE A CONCLUDING STATEMENT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE.

the changed variable

the change in what I measured/observed

THE DATA DOES NOT

THE DATA DOES

because I predicted that

because I predicted that

change in the changed variable

change in the changed variable

the change in what I measured/observed

the change in what I measured/observed

the changed variable

would cause this change because

the changed variable

would cause this change because