These are great starting points to work on the scientific method with your student. For elementary students, these are great springboards from which to use the scientific method. You can develop an experiment to go with each of these questions (and we will post them here in coming weeks). Complete a worksheet like the ones included at the bottom of this post, and you have just begun your Science Notebook. Have fun!
- At what temperature does water boil? Freeze?
- How could you separate water and sand?
- Does a light bulb give off heat?
- Does aluminum foil keep in heat?
- Can the sun cook food?
- Does the soil get warm when the sun shines on it?
- How does the ice cream freeze?
- How many colors are there in light (sunlight)?
- How fast do seeds germinate? Different kinds of seeds? At different temperatures?
- Can you grow plants from parts of plants?
- Do plants need light?
- Where does the water go that watered the plants?
- What are the parts of a flower?
- Does pollution hurt plants? (Acid rain)
- How does gravity work on a plant?
- What are the parts of a corn plant?
- Does carbon dioxide (CO2) help a plant to grow?