Science does not happen in a straight line. You can try to define a project, you can have the "perfect plan", but sometimes along the way something can change. For those of us who like to have things mapped out in a nice order, this inquiry wheel is a wonderful alternative to a traditional scientific method. In science things get messy, the questions you intended to ask and find the answer to may change along the way. You may wish for a more thorough response, or find something else you need an answer to. The inquiry wheel allows for this. in the traditional method, you would have to complete things in a straight line, a line that may be difficult to stay on depending on what it is that you are studying. I like the inquiry wheel because it allows more freedom.
For our project it starts with a question. My group is asking questions about effectiveness of fertilizer, and this question will be the base, just like the scientific method, however with the wheel we have a bit more freedom to move around, to work out what it is exactly we are hypothesizing and finding results. We can experiment and find more information in the process. The wheel works really well, and I'm excited to use it. It may be more difficult to keep track of, but I think that it is a very adaptable method, that everyone should start to use.
For us, visual learners, I have included the pictures of the two methods.
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