Creating Testable Questions for Scientific Inquiry
Learn how testable questions are developed through an iterative process, ensuring they meet SMART criteria and are relevant to scientific investigations. Explore the refinement of questions related to water temperature changes in Palmer Deep over time, guiding you to formulate precise and meaningful queries for research projects.
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Revising Testable Questions
Testable questions are created through an iterative process. The initial thought or question is revisited and refined several times. In the last lesson, you started here:
How does water temperature change over time?
Then you applied SMART Specific How, What, When, Who, or Which, (not Why, Is, or Does). Measureable Datasets required Achievable - the question is able to be investigated with data Relevant why you care about asking the question Temporally and Spatially bound when and where the data are coming from to answer the question
How does the average daily water temperature in Palmer Deep change over a year?
How does the average daily water temperature in Palmer Deep change over a year? Still not quite there .
How does the average daily water temperature in Palmer Deep change over a year? We really are after a what or a why here not a how Is one year of measurement enough to tell use anything about a natural system?
Revise your Testable Question Given feedback from your group and from the Gallery Walk exercise, revise your question again. Keep the SMART guidelines in mind!
What is the relevance of the relationship between time of year and ocean water temperature in the Palmer Deep over the past three decades?
Revise your Testable Question! Use this information to help you revise your testable question with your group. Gliders HF Radar Penguins Water temperature, water density, optical backscatter, salinity, water current, wind speed, depth Longitude, latitude, current speed, current direction Male/female, species, nest location,longitude, latitude, date, dive depth, foraging depth, behavior
