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Doing What Scientists Do
Learn how to engage kids in scientific inquiry by asking questions. (PDF: 60K)
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Note: you can download all the Learn More PDFs in the Wrap Up section of this training.
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You bet! By making notes for a song on a glass xylophone (real or virtual), you were thinking like a scientist! Want to know how?
- Were you exploring the natural world? Yes! You were experimenting with things like sound, pitch, and vibration. (Get the science scoop on these science concepts.)
- Did you wonder what would happen if you changed the amount of water in a glass? That's asking questions.
- Did you think about how sounds from an empty glass and a full glass would compare? That's making a prediction.
- Did you change the size of a glass or the water level? That's changing a variable. (A variable is one thing you change to see how it affects the experiment.)
- After each change, did you tap on a glass? That's testing the variable you changed.
All these things are part of exploring the world through scientific inquiry! It's as simple as asking questions, making predictions, testing your ideas, changing a variable, and sharing results.
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