Whats in that container?

Trying to guess what was inside the film canister was very frustrating. It was really cool to contemplate, and make as many questions about the container as possible. In this activity I learned that there are a great deal of things that can be asked. Questions are the base of how we find out new things. This time we were lucky, that we were able to find out the final answer, what is inside of the container. We talked about how in science sometimes its just not that simple. It can be very frustrating to try to find your results and never really know.

 My group had in the container a white peg and a magnet. We could not figure out why the mass of the test, and the inquired would not match up. We tested using sound, weight, magnetism.  They sounded a little different, they were magnetic, but  we could not get the mass the same, so we added an extra nail, which made our prediction wrong. The original container was still heavier even with the nail added. we found out that the magnets weighed different amounts. This can be applied to any experiment. It shows how important it is to keep variables similar, and to allow a margin of error. Keep testing and retesting.
The emotions I received from longing to know the answer, is how every scientist should feel when researching something. It can be frustrating, having to wait, and retry, not getting instant results, but if it is something you care about you cannot give up. It is very worth it when you do finally receive an answer.
The inquiry wheel can be applied to this experiment because we started  by asking questions. We had to interact and test. We had to communicate with our group members and test various hypothesis about what was inside. we compared evidence,, and tried again and again. it was not a straight line to the answer of what was inside the container. we shook it, we weighed it, we compared the control. if we had used the scientific method we would have had to start all over again when we did not get answers right away; science is not a straight line.