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"Scientific inquiry requires the use of evidence, logic, and imagination in developing explanations about the natural world" (Newman et al., 2004, p.258).

In Inquiry learning, students...

•  investigate a problem

• search for possible solutions

• make observation

• ask question

• test out ideas

• think creatively and use their intuition. 

Inquiry-based science  provides opportunities to...

• explore possible solutions

• develop explanations for the phenomena under investigation

• elaborate on concepts and processes

• evaluate or assess their understandings in the light of available evidence. 

Inquiry-based science challenges students to...

• investigate scientifically orientated questions 

• give priority to evidence

• evaluate explanations in the light of alternative explanations 

• to communicate and justify their decisions.