Object Questions Reflection (Assigned 8/26/2013)
Intro:
Today (Monday August 26th, 2013) in class, we found a random object in our groups and you were to come up with a series of questions about your group's objects. You then classified your questions into at least the following categories: Why?, What?, How? questions and one other category.
I intentionally did not tell you why we were doing all of this, mainly because I want you to try
Assignment:
You will type a THOUGHTFUL reflection, about a 1/2 page long, size 12 font. Your reflection should answer the following questions:
1) Why do you think you were asked to write out a series of questions and no answers?
2) What is the importance of questioning in science? Explain
3) In general, how did you come up with your questions (did you base them off of observations, did one question lead to another)?
4) What role does curiosity play in science?
5) Did you know all the answers to your questions right away? If no, how did you feel about that, and did you at least have an idea of how you might find the answer to some of those questions? (Give an example.)
6) Did any of your questions lead you to develop a greater interest in the object?
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT BY ATTACHING YOUR DOCUMENT TO THE ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION FORM BELOW! MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE NAME BOXES!
DUE TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 2013
Today (Monday August 26th, 2013) in class, we found a random object in our groups and you were to come up with a series of questions about your group's objects. You then classified your questions into at least the following categories: Why?, What?, How? questions and one other category.
I intentionally did not tell you why we were doing all of this, mainly because I want you to try
Assignment:
You will type a THOUGHTFUL reflection, about a 1/2 page long, size 12 font. Your reflection should answer the following questions:
1) Why do you think you were asked to write out a series of questions and no answers?
2) What is the importance of questioning in science? Explain
3) In general, how did you come up with your questions (did you base them off of observations, did one question lead to another)?
4) What role does curiosity play in science?
5) Did you know all the answers to your questions right away? If no, how did you feel about that, and did you at least have an idea of how you might find the answer to some of those questions? (Give an example.)
6) Did any of your questions lead you to develop a greater interest in the object?
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT BY ATTACHING YOUR DOCUMENT TO THE ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION FORM BELOW! MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE NAME BOXES!
DUE TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 2013
Object Questions Reflection
I was asked to write out a series of questions and no answers because they were supposed to get my mind thinking about answers to the questions and for me to develop an interest to knowing more about my object. The importance of questioning in Science is to understand things in a better way and to try and uncover mysteries about the world. I came up with my questions by both basing them off observations and by getting more question ideas from previous questions. Curiosity plays a tremendous role in Science because if we were not curious we would not know many things we know now. For example, we would not know about the water cycle if we were not curious about rainfall and evaporation. As I went along, I started to think of answers to some of the questions. There were a few questions about a magnet I really wanted to know the answers to so in a way it increased the interest I have in my object.
I was asked to write out a series of questions and no answers because they were supposed to get my mind thinking about answers to the questions and for me to develop an interest to knowing more about my object. The importance of questioning in Science is to understand things in a better way and to try and uncover mysteries about the world. I came up with my questions by both basing them off observations and by getting more question ideas from previous questions. Curiosity plays a tremendous role in Science because if we were not curious we would not know many things we know now. For example, we would not know about the water cycle if we were not curious about rainfall and evaporation. As I went along, I started to think of answers to some of the questions. There were a few questions about a magnet I really wanted to know the answers to so in a way it increased the interest I have in my object.