INQUIRY PROCESSES

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INQUIRY PROCESSES
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1. EXPLORE QUESTIONS to be answered by inquiry

• Make up or form a question(Use what you KNOW is
  TRUE)

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2. DESIGN aninvestigation

• Create a FAIR/VALID test or experiment

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3. CONDUCTan investigation

• Observe, record, repeat(See what happens, write
  it down, do it again)

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4. Collect Review DATA using tools

• Your DATA can be numbers and/or wordsYour TOOLS
  can be a calculator, computer, chart, graphetc.

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5. Use EVIDENCE to develop
ideas

• Use your own evidence and evidence from others

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6. Consider EVIDENCE for explanations

• Look for patterns, relationships similarities
  to explain your data

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7. Seek ALTERNATIVEexplanations

• Look for a different way to describe the
  collected evidence

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8. Show EVIDENCE reasons to OTHERS

• Do others agree with your findings?

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9. Use MATHEMATICS for science inquiry

• Math is exact accurate

(Uses standard universal units)
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VOCABULARY TERMS

• 55. INQUIRY PROCESS
• Method used by scientists to find answers to
  questions

38. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Process
of investigating scientific
questions in a systematic and
reproducible manner