How can you answer questions in science? Some questions are too hard for you to answer but some are more simple. Where will you look for answers? How will you investigate your ideas? How can you test different materials? What can you use? There is often more than one way of answering a question in science. Using books and the internet to investigate is a good thing.

Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Science - Elementary School - Investigating - Finding Out

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10 Questions

1. Harry is building a model bridge. Should he use wood, metal or plastic? Which will be strongest? How he can he find out?

See if he can shine a light through themTest them with weightsSee if they burnSee if he can stretch them

2. ‘Where do jaguars live?’ How can you find out?

Watch a computer gameLook outside schoolLook in different placesLook in a book or on the internet

3. Jacob wants to know which lumps of play dough are heaviest? What can he do?

Use a balanceHold them in his handsSee which one rolls furthestMeasure how far across they are

4. A class at school want to find out which habitat centipedes like best. They decide to look in different places.

They look under a large stone, in leaf litter, under a log, and under a hedge.

What should they count?

The number of mini-beastsThe number of centipedesThe number of beetlesThe number of woodlice

5. Toni is doing an investigation in her class. She wants to know which is the most popular color in the rainbow.

Toni paints this picture. Then she asks people: ‘Which color in the rainbow do you like best?’

Who should she ask?

One or two peopleOnly her friendsOnly the teacher and her friendsEveryone in the class

6. Jack asks, ‘What is the best temperature to grow seeds?’

Jack puts the same seeds into four different pots.

He puts each pot in a different place. Which four places would be best?

Above a radiator, above another radiator, on a window sill, in a freezerOn four tables round his classroomAbove a radiator, on his table, in the fridge, in a freezerOn his table, on his friend’s table, in a fridge, in a freezer

7. Jack asks, ‘What is the best temperature to grow seeds?’

Jack puts the same seeds into four different pots.

He puts each pot in a different place. Which four places would be best?

On four tables round his classroomOn his table, on his friend’s table, in a fridge, in a freezerAbove a radiator, on his table, in the fridge, in a freezerAbove a radiator, above another radiator, on a window sill, in a freezer

8. ‘How do camels survive the heat of the Sahara Desert?’ How could you find out at school?

Heat sand on a trayLook it up in a book or on the internetFilter sandy water into a beakerLook in an atlas

9. Natasha is keeping a weather diary. How can she record how much cloud there is every day?

Write down how often it rainsWrite down the color of the cloudsWrite down the fraction of the sky covered by cloudCount the number of clouds

10. Freddie asks, ‘When do frogs lay spawn?’ How can Freddie find out?

Search for frogs on the internetCheck his local pond every weekLook it up in a book about frogsUse all three of the ways above