August-June
Scientific inquiry is a way of doing science that includes making observations, forming hypotheses, designing studies, collecting data, and drawing conclusions. Students will design and conduct a simple investigation to learn about the inquiry process.
Ohio Science Standards:
- SIPA Grade K-2: Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses.
- SIPA Grade 3-5: Observe and ask questions about the world that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- SWK Grade 3-5: Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations.
- SWK Grade 6-8: Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations.
- SWK Grade 6-8: Science is a continual process and the body of scientific knowledge continues to grow and change.
NGSS Standards:
- K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
- 3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
- 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
- MS – LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Vocabulary: Observation, Investigation, Comparative Question, Data, Analysis
Video Introduction: CLICK HERE for a Inquiry video with a Greenacres educator