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LEARNING COMPETENCY:
Develop a research problem/question.
LEARNING COMPETENCY:
1. Identify questions either good scientific or poorly worded
questions.
2. Develop research questions based on interesting topics.
3. Create potential research questions based on the topics
provided.
SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS
• A scientific query is a question that can lead to a
hypothesis and help us answer (or find out) the
explanation for any observation.
• Asking a scientific question is part of the scientific
process
• There are certain characteristics of a good science
problem.
Real answers
Testable
inference that is falsifiable
SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS
NON-
SCIENTIFIC
SCIENTIFIC
• NON-SCIENTIFIC - When A question has different
answers depending on whom you ask.
Is the pond big or small?
Is she beautiful?
Try starting questions with what, why, when, where, who, and
how; in general, avoid questions that will result in only “yes” or
“no” answers.
DEVELOPING A RESEARCH QUESTION
4. CREATE THE RESEARCH QUESTION