Investigating a Question

Paraphrase and discuss with students:

Previously you looked at examples of questions for investigation and evaluated whether they were testable, the materials were available, and there was sufficient time to conduct the experiment. Now it is your team’s turn to come up with an investigation about variables that affect balance. Your initial step is to come up with a question for investigation. Your team will work on your investigation for the rest of the week and will present results to the class at the end of the week during the conference.

Samples of Question, Hypothesis, Procedure (some from unrelated activities) provided.

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As students conduct their investigation, they should use a data table to record their data. They may use data tables from past units as a resource.

There is a sample data table provided.

After conducting their investigation and examining the data, students are ready to write a claims, evidence, reasoning statement.

Remind students that their claims, evidence, reasoning statement should be multiple sentences and include the following components (sample provided):

• A claim about the data
• Evidence from their procedure that supports their claim
• A reason that they attribute to the connection between the claim and the evidence