Assignment:
Prompt: Learning how to ask good questions helps shape our learning. Science is constantly building on the work of those who came before.
Review the news story you chose to complete the Project 1: Topic Exploration Graphic Organizer and respond to the questions below in 1 to 2 paragraphs each.
1. What question related to the topic in the news story you chose would you, assuming the role of a natural scientist, like to study?
2. What prior knowledge and assumptions about the science topic in your article did you have before viewing this news story? In other words, describe what you already knew about the topic.
Use your responses to these questions and the list of questions that you posed in Project 1:
Topic Exploration Graphic Organizer to select one question that interests you and that you would like to focus on as you continue your project work in the course. Justify your decision. As you complete this assignment, keep in mind that your answer to this question or closely related questions will be part of your Project 2 submission, the question development worksheet. It is recommended that, in addition to entering the answer to the question below, you save your answer in a Word document that you can refer to later when completing Project 2.