Inquiry Skills
Scientific Method
Parts of a Plant
100
This skill means to write, draw, or tell your ideas to others
What is communicate?
100
What do you do first?
Observe
100
What is the job of the stem?
The stem holds up the plant. Water and food move through the stem to the other parts.
200
This skill means to use what you know to tell what will happen
What is predict?
200
After you observe or wonder, what is the next step in the scientific method?
Ask a question
200
What do leaves use to make food for the plant?
Leaves use light to make food.
300
This skill means to find out information.
What is observe?
300
What is the final step in the scientific method?
What is communicate
300
What part of the plant holds the plant in the ground?
The roots hold the plant in the ground.
400
This skill means to to find out how far something moves, or how long, how much, or how warm something is.
What is measure?
400
Is it bad if your prediction is wrong?
NO, because you can still learn from the results.
400
Why do plants in the rain forest have large leaves?
The large leaves help the plant take in as much light as they can.
500
This means to groups things that are alike.
What is classify?
500
What is the most important thing about a science project question?
It must be measurable
500
Why do desert plants have long roots and short stems?
They have long roots and short stems so they do not blow over.