Methods Worksheet
Project Title: Where is Synthetic Biology?
Team-Based Inquiry Question(s):
1. What type of everyday applications has or can synthetic biology be used for?
2.
Selecting Methods
Fill in the table below for each of the common data collection methods that are used to answer TBI questions. Based on how each method can help you collect the
most important data to answer your TBI question(s), determine whether it is a high, medium, or low priority for your data collection process.
Method
What important
information could you
collect with this method?
What important
information could you not
collect with this method?
What resources would you need
to conduct this method to answer
your question (e.g., staff, time,
materials, data collection forms)?
What other methods
could you use to collect
some of this information?
Questionnaire
/Survey
What visitors already
knew and what they
learned
Written responses may be
limited
Question development
Interview
What visitors already
knew and what they
learned
Visitor conversations during
activity
Training
Questionnaire/Survey
Observation
What they may have
learned
What visitors may already
have known
Training
Interview
Interview
How necessary is this
method to collect the
information you need?
H=High, M=Medium, L=Low
H
M
L
H
M
L
H
M
L
H
M
L
Other?
NISE Network TBI Guide
Method worksheet
Methods Worksheet
Project Title: Super Hero vs Super Organism
Team-Based Inquiry Question(s):
1. Where/When can synthetic biology be used to solve real world problems?
2.
Selecting Methods
Fill in the table below for each of the common data collection methods that are used to answer TBI questions. Based on how each method can help you collect the
most important data to answer your TBI question(s), determine whether it is a high, medium, or low priority for your data collection process.
Method
What important
information could you
collect with this method?
What important
information could you not
collect with this method?
What resources would you need
to conduct this method to answer
your question (e.g., staff, time,
materials, data collection forms)?
Questionnaire
/Survey
What visitors already
knew and what they
learned
How the conversation went
Appropriate questions
Observation
Interview
What visitors already
knew, what they learned
AND where they learned
it from (activity or
scientist)
Honestly how the
conversation went
Training
Observation
Whether or not they
engaged with scientists in
conversation
What they knew
beforehand
Training
Observation
What other methods
could you use to collect
some of this information?
Possibly interview?
How necessary is this
method to collect the
information you need?
H=High, M=Medium, L=Low
H
M
L
H
M
L
H
M
L
H
M
L
Other?
NISE Network TBI Guide
Method worksheet