Exploring Science: Scientific Inquiry
A Grade 2 science worksheet to introduce students to the basics of scientific inquiry through observation, questioning, and prediction.
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Exploring Science: Scientific Inquiry
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Follow the instructions for each section. Read carefully and do your best!
1. What is the first step a scientist usually takes when they want to learn about something?
Make a guess
Draw a picture
Ask a question
Eat a snack
2. When you use your five senses to gather information, what are you doing?
Predicting
Observing
Experimenting
Concluding
Fill in the blank with the best word.
3. A good guess about what will happen in an experiment is called a .
4. Scientists use their five to make observations.
Decide if each statement is True or False.
5. It is okay to change your prediction during an experiment.
True
False
6. Scientists always know the answer before they start an experiment.
True
False
7. Imagine you see a plant that looks droopy. What is one question you could ask about it?
8. What is one thing you could do to find the answer to your question about the plant?
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