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The Inquiry Cubes

Pre-Lab:
Introductory Brainstorm: What are scientists and what activities do they do? How is science done?

Define the following words and give an example for each:

1) Observation:

2) Inference:

3) Hypothesis:

Procedure:
At your table you find three cubes.
Record observations about each cube.
Based on your observations make an inference about the relationship between the numbers or
names on each side and about what could be on the side that is blank.
Write a hypothesis for what you think should be on the sides of the cubes that are blank.
Yellow - Cube # 1:
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Orange - Cube # 2:
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Blue - Cube # 3:
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Post-Lab Questions:
Connecting to the Cubes
1) List and briefly explain all the ways that you were acting and thinking like a scientist during the
inquiry cube experience:
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2) What are some important aspects of science that you did not encounter during the inquiry cube
experience?
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