SAMPLE INQUIRY QUESTIONS
Science
technology
- How does changing wingspan shape/size affect aircraft flight?
- Which way will my paper airplane fly farther – if I point it up or if I point it sideways?
- How do painkillers work?
- How would life be different if hearing or sight is suddenly lost, and how could the other senses be used to compensate?
- How do glasses help people to see better, and how do different laser eye surgery techniques work to improve vision?
- Are some ‘fad diets’ more dangerous than others?
Environmental
- How can plants be looked after during times of drought or water restrictions?
- What causes ocean acidification and what impact will it have on ocean/terrestrial ecosystems?
- Should living things or chemicals be introduced into an ecosystem to control population growth of selected animals/and or plants?
- What difference has recycling made to the availability of natural resources?
Social Studies- topics you studied in the past
·Which was more important to the Inuit, the seal or the caribou?
·What would my life be like if my relatives had not moved to Canada?
·What are some of the things we have in Canada that have come from (insert country here) and how would your life change if they did not exist today?
·What would be a great city to host the next Olympics?
Social Studies - topics covered in grade 6 & 7
·How would my life be different if the Charter of Rights and Freedoms did not exist?
·How would life in Canada change if we had the same government as China?
·How would my life be better if I moved to (name a country) ? How would it be worse for me?
·What was the greatest legacy of the Egyptians: Hieroglyphics or the Pyramids? Why?
·Were the pharaohs more or less powerful that our Prime Minister? Why or why not?
·Why didn't the Greeks give women political rights and was that a good idea?
·Were Greek gods greater than the goddesses? How & why?