Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in Science with sInvestigator

Scientific Inquiry Exercises

Analysis of Competing Scientific Theories

• Light

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• Heating Ice to Steam

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• Snowman

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• Phases of the Moon

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• Mixtures and Compounds

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Predicting, Observing and Explaining the Result of an Experiment

• Burning a Candle

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• Evaluating Data

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Explaining the Result of a Chemical Experiment

• Conservation of Mass

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Explaining a Physical Phenomenon

• Dropping a Box

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• Golfer

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Classifying an Entity

• Euglena

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• Rocks

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Arguing about a Socio-Scientific Issue

• New Zoo

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• Generating Energy

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Exploring a Mystery

• Amelia Earhart Mystery

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