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An Introduction to Science Inquiry at Home
An Introduction to Science Inquiry at Home
These Science at Home Investigations will help you explore science virtually. Use the essential questions at the beginning of each virtual lab to help guide your exploration. Don’t forget to record your observations and results in your science journal!
Science Journal
Science Journal
Consider creating a science journal to record observations, take notes, and reflect on your learning. The science journal may be on paper or on a computer. You could choose to use a spiral notebook or a composition book. You could have a journal for each topic, each quarter, or one for the whole year.
Quarterly Learning
Quarterly Learning
quarter 1
quarter 1
Virtual Lab
Essential Questions: What “proof” or evidence do we need to believe something? Why should we seek to identify and study universal patterns that exist in our world? How can objects be classified, and how can classification help us to better understand those objects?
quarter 2
quarter 2
Virtual Lab
Essential Questions: How can we use inferences and generalizations to help us solve problems?What does an effective problem solver do when they get stuck?
quarter 3
quarter 3
Virtual Lab
Essential Questions: What do measurements tell us about the things we are measuring? What do they not tell us? How can we cause change? What rules do we need to stay safe?
quarter 4
quarter 4
Virtual Lab
Essential Questions:How can new matter be created? How are matter and energy conserved in the universe? How is evidence used to support scientific claims?
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