1.1 ASKING SCIENTIFIC
QUESTION
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
■ DESCRIBE HOW SCIENTISTS DEVELOP AN IDEA
INTO A QUESTION THAT CAN BE INVESTIGATED
■ IDENTIFY INDEPENDENT, DEPENDENT, AND
CONTROL VARIABLES.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT……
If you could have any question answered,
what question would you choose?
How could you go about finding an answer
for yourself?
SCIENTISTS ASK QUESTIONS
BEFORE THEY DESIGN
EXPERIMENTS?
WHAT DO THEY DO BEFORE
THEY ASK QUESTIONS?
SCIENTISTS OBSERVE
BEFORE ASKING A
QUESTION
Asking Scientific Questions
■ A Scientific Investigation will answer a
question.
■ Some questions cannot be answered
by science
■ You are going to design questions that
can be answered
■ You will also learn about independent,
dependent and control
GROUP WORK
15 MIN
MATERIALS
ARE ON YOUR
WORKSTATION
Is a bicycle
Better than a
Motorbike?
CAN THIS QUESTION BE INVESTIGATED?
MOVE – SHARE
Is a Bicycle Better
than a Motorbike?
Can you ask for opinions?
Can this question be
measured?
Can this question be
answered?
THINK – PAIR-SHARE
2 MIN
Did you come up with questions that
can be investigated from your
activity?