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Scientific Inquiry

49 topics open, in the order they build on each other.

  1. Observation vs Interpretationages 6 to 7 · 8 questions
  2. Asking scientific questionsages 5 to 8 · 8 questions
  3. Modelling with Sketchesages 5 to 8 · 8 questions
  4. Observing with simple equipmentages 5 to 7 · 8 questions
  5. Simple tests and experimentsages 5 to 7 · 8 questions
  6. Recording Dataages 5 to 7 · 8 questions
  7. Comparing Design Solutionsages 5 to 8 · 8 questions
  8. Changing Your Mind with Evidenceages 6 to 8 · 8 questions
  9. Could there be another explanation?ages 7 to 9 · 8 questions
  10. Fair testingages 7 to 9 · 8 questions
  11. Measuring accuratelyages 7 to 9 · 8 questions
  12. Recording and presenting dataages 7 to 9 · 8 questions
  13. Using evidence to answer questionsages 7 to 9 · 8 questions
  14. Drawing conclusions from evidenceages 7 to 9 · 8 questions
  15. Correlation vs Causationages 8 to 10 · 8 questions
  16. Simple Design Problemsages 8 to 11 · 12 questions
  17. Comparing Possible Solutionsages 8 to 11 · 13 questions
  18. Accurate Measurementages 9 to 11 · 15 questions
  19. Controlling variablesages 9 to 11 · 8 questions
  20. Fair testing (age 8+)ages 8 to 11 · 8 questions
  21. Fair testing (age 9+)ages 9 to 11 · 8 questions
  22. Recording data with diagrams and graphsages 9 to 11 · 14 questions
  23. Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+)ages 9 to 11 · 8 questions
  24. Science Can Be Revisedages 9 to 11 · 8 questions
  25. Evidence Supporting Ideasages 9 to 11 · 8 questions
  26. Assessing Hazards and Risksages 11 to 14 · 8 questions
  27. Controlling variables (age 11+)ages 11 to 12 · 8 questions
  28. Precision, accuracy and significant figuresages 11 to 12 · 17 questions
  29. Scientific Quantities and Unitsages 11 to 14 · 8 questions
  30. Tables, charts, and graphsages 12 to 13 · 15 questions
  31. Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 12+)ages 12 to 13 · 10 questions
  32. Writing Science Reportsages 13 to 14 · 8 questions
  33. Uncertainty, Precision and Significant Figures in a Measurementages 16 to 17 · 8 questions
  34. Combining Uncertainties and Reading a Result off a Graphages 17 to 18 · 8 questions
  35. Dimensional Analysis, Scaling and the Order-of-Magnitude Estimateages 22 to 23 · 8 questions
  36. Fitting a Model to Data: Least Squares, Chi-Square and Goodness of Fitages 22 to 23 · 18 questions
  37. Systematic Error, Controls and the Design of a Measurementages 22 to 24 · 8 questions
  38. Reading a Paper: the Claim, the Evidence and the Assumptionages 23 to 24 · 8 questions
  39. Writing Science: the Figure, the Error Bar and the Claimages 23 to 24 · 8 questions
  40. Testing a New Drug: Controls, Placebo and the Blind Trialages 15 to 16 · 8 questions
  41. Sampling Ecosystems with Quadrats and Transectsages 15 to 16 · 8 questions
  42. Estimating Population Size by Mark, Release and Recaptureages 15 to 16 · 8 questions
  43. Designing a Biological Experiment: Units, Controls and Randomisationages 22 to 23 · 8 questions
  44. Pseudoreplication: When n Is Smaller Than It Looksages 22 to 23 · 8 questions
  45. Power and Effect Size, Decided Before the Dataages 22 to 24 · 8 questions
  46. Researcher Degrees of Freedom and the Pre-registered Analysis Planages 22 to 24 · 8 questions
  47. Reading a Primary Paper: The Claim, the Figure and the Missing Controlages 22 to 24 · 8 questions
  48. Reproducibility in Practice: Data, Code and What Another Lab Can Rerunages 23 to 24 · 8 questions
  49. Ethics of Emerging Biotechnology: Editing and Biosecurityages 23 to 24 · 8 questions
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