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Inquiring Minds

Recommended for Grades 5-7  
Get your students hands wet while working with Hermit crabs and the Scientific Method. This program allows students to become research scientists. What makes a good research question? Students will explore the real, non-linear process to science and discover how to narrow their inquiry and conduct an experiment. Our experienced aquarium educators help facilitate student learning as groups search for answers with the help of live animals, science toolkits and inquiry based experimental design.

Inquiring Minds

Program Details

Availability

Inquiring Minds is offered over one semester from October 14 to December 16, 2011. Please see below for semester details.
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Fall Semester
Days: Mondays
Time: 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m

Class Size And Duration

Classes require a minimum of 20 students to register. The maximum capacity of the class is limited to 30 students. The duration of the class is 1.25 hours. Register early to book your program.

Learning Outcomes

These programs support the Prescribed Learning Outcomes of the B.C. Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs) and the Aquarium's conservation mission.

Experimental Design Skills 

  • Describe the steps in designing an experiment (Processes of Science)
  • Test a hypothesis by planning and conducting an experiment that controls for two or more variables (Processes of Science)
  • Identify variables that can be changed in an experiment (Processes of Science)
  • Manipulate and control a number of variables in an experiment (Processes of Science)
  • Evaluate the fairness of a given experiment (Processes of Science)
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