Scientific Inquiry POGIL Answer Key

See things with our eyes Notice patterns “Hmmmm…that was interesting…” “I wonder…”

What is it that you are trying to do? What is it that you are curious about?

Come up with a question that you are going to investigate Ex. How high can I build a tower out of spaghetti and masking tape that can hold up a marshmallow? Ex. How can I tell if fire is living or nonliving?

Read books and science journals Watch videos Listen to podcasts TAKE NOTES when you do these things so you can remember the information.

If…then…because…

Sometimes it will come in the form of messing with chemicals, sometimes in the form of carrying out a simulation Data comes in the forms of both words and numbers (measurements, observations, etc.)

Make a graph (bar graph, pie chart, line graph, etc.)

What does it mean? How does it relate back to the big question? Did something go wrong? Should we try again?

Share with your peers See if they can repeat your experiment and get similar results

Questions Scientists observe, define the problem, form a study question, research the problem, state the expectations, experiment and gather data, analyze the results, reflect on findings, and communicate with the wider community. Questions, observe, research, experiment and gather data. Research, observe, experiment and gather data

Answers may include talking to other scientists, publishing papers and reports, talking with newspaper or TV reporters, discussing experiments informally with others. Be sure to understand that communicating isn’t always a formal or written process. Communicate with the wider community, research the problem, experiment and gather data, reflect on the findings. There is no specific order to carrying out the activities in the model. In science, many of these activities overlap and occur simultaneously. An example might be that scientists make observations to define a problem but they also make further observations during their experiments.

Observe Question Question Research Form a study question State the expectation Experiment and gather data; observe

Analyze the results; reflect on the findings Reflect on the findings; form a study question Experiment; observe Reflect on findings; communicate