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What
did the scientists wonder? What are their main research questions?
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What
had they observed and/or what did they know that shaped their research
questions and hypotheses?
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What
steps did they take to answer their questions? (Or, How would you
go about answering the questions?)
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If
they set up an experiment, how did they keep it "fair" (test only
one variable)? What variables did they consider?
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What
kinds of data did they gather? How did they decide what was useful?
How did they deal with unexpected/unusual findings?
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Did
they find any interesting patterns or relationships in the data? What
were they? Any surprises?
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Did
they have to revise or abandon their question, setup, or hypothesis
at any point? Why?
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Do
you think their explanation was plausible? Why or why not?
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What
other factors (besides the ones they were exploring or controlling)
might have affected their findings?
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Did
information they gathered help answer the original research questions?
Why or why not? What new questions did it raise?
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If
their hypothesis wasn't supported by their research, what did they
learn? What new questions/possible explanations did they pose?
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What
do you think they should do differently if they were to repeat this
study?
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What
are the implications of their findings? Who might be interested in
them?