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OBSERVE

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Observe this Phenomenon

Complete the OBSERVE section of the Portfolio

(the "Pique Your Curiosity" page).

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Phenomenon

What did you notice? Describe whatever you observed without explaining how or why it might have happened.

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Initial Explanation

Construct a tentative explanation for the phenomenon you observed. What happened and why?

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Question

Ask questions. What do you wonder? What else would you need to know, to understand the phenomenon you observed?

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Engage

Get together with students who asked similar questions and form an Investigation Team to explore an aspect of the phenomenon. List team members' names in your portfolio.

Your CURIOSITY

How is the phenomenon shown in the video relevant to you? 

Find a nearby soil source - from a compost heap, garden or field - that you can investigate in the real world.

The soil you choose could come from a variety of different sites. Check out your school field, or maybe your school's garden? If you don't want to choose a location at school, maybe look at  nearby field. Or your own garden? You could even test the soil form flower pots, and determine if that soil is really suitable for the plant.

When you have decided on a soil quality test site, locate it on a map in the Curiosity section of your Portfolio.

Deliverable: Observation of a Phenomenon 

I observed and described the phenomenon shown in the video.
I completed the “PIQUE” portfolio entries, including a tentative explanation of the phenomenon.
I located an area of soil for real-world investigation.
I decided what data to collect and why.
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