It was so much fun to watch the kids come up with different questions and to see the amazement in their eyes as they tried out different solutions. The iPads were handy to take pictures and to record the actual process. After we finished the experiment, students tried new things and tested out new questions that they came up with during the lab. We learned that scientific inquiry is ongoing and the process never stops.
To kick-off our unit on scientific inquiry, students were given a bag of pennies and were told to take some time to look at the pennies and come up with questions. Students then used the app Padlet to record the questions on a class notepad. After we recorded questions, as a class, we went through the different questions and determined which were testable. Finally, we came up with the question, what solution makes pennies clean? Students then came up with different topics to research, ranging from what are pennies made of to how do solutions work and which solutions work best. As a class, we then decided on what solutions to try and how we would actually test it out. The solutions ranged from ketchup to sparkling water. Students were responsible for measuring the solutions using measuring cups, and then observing and reporting their team's results. The results are in... It was so much fun to watch the kids come up with different questions and to see the amazement in their eyes as they tried out different solutions. The iPads were handy to take pictures and to record the actual process. After we finished the experiment, students tried new things and tested out new questions that they came up with during the lab. We learned that scientific inquiry is ongoing and the process never stops.
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