Fact or Opinion?
The Earth goes around the Sun
FACT
What shows that students come to school every day?
A) Attendance list
B) Feelings
C) Guess
A) Attendance list
🎒 Research question:
What is the most popular school bag color in our class?
Ask all students
Count answers
Make a list or chart
🎨 Task:
Ask 5 classmates their favorite color.
Say which color is most popular
Which question can be answered with clear data?
A) What do students feel about school lunches?
B) How many students eat school lunch at least 3 times a week?
Why B?
Math is the hardest subject
OPINION
What is evidence that students read books?
A) Opinion
B) Book titles written down
C) Rumor
B) Book titles written down
📚 Research question:
How many students read books after school?
Ask classmates (survey)
Write results
Count yes/no
🍎 Task:
Find out how many students ate fruit yesterday.
Say the result
Which question helps a researcher compare groups?
A) How many hours per week do boys and girls spend on sports?
B) Do boys and girls like sports?
Why A?
Fish live in water
FACT
What shows students do homework regularly?
A) Homework records
B) Thoughts
C) Stories
A) Homework records
📱 Research question:
How long do students use phones every day?
Ask students to write daily phone hours
Collect answers
Compare results
📖 Task:
Find how many students read a book last week.
Which books?
Which question is better for a class survey?
A) Is reading important?
B) How many books did you read last month?
Why B?
School bags are too heavy
OPINION
🥗 A school nurse wants to know if students eat healthy food.
What shows this best?
A) A belief
B) One student’s comment
C) A food diary written for one week
C) A food diary written for one week
😴 Research question:
Do students in our class sleep at least 8 hours?
Ask students
Record sleep hours
Count how many sleep 8 hours
🚶 Task:
Find how many students walk to school.
Where do they live in?
Which question allows a researcher to track change over time?
A) Do students enjoy online learning?
B) Did students’ test scores change after online learning started?
Why B?
Drinking water every day is important for health
OPINION
😴 A researcher wants to know if students sleep enough.
Which is the strongest evidence?
A) “I think I sleep well”
B) Sleep hours written every day for a week
C) One student’s idea
B) Sleep hours written every day for a week
📊 Research question:
Did test results improve after a new class rule?
Look at test results before
Look at test results after
Compare scores
😴 Task:
Find how many students slept 8 hours or more last night
Say the result
Which question controls the research better?
A) How did test scores change when students studied with music for one week?
B) Does music help students study?
Why A?