Generating Research Questions

Name	Question	Independent Variable	Dependent Variable	Controlled Variables	Hypothesis
Jie Han	How salty does the sea have to be for an egg to float?	Amount of salt	Whether the egg floats	Type of egg Type of water Type of salt Temperature Amount of water	If I increase the amount of alt in the water, the egg will float.
Odelia	How the strength of a magnet varies with temperature?	Temperature of the magnet	Number of paper clips that the magnets attract	Type of paperclips Same location Size of magnet Type of magnet	This magnet in boiling water will attract the most paperclips.
Tiffany	How does the concentration of ethylene effect the photoluminescence of ethylene-gassed bananas under UV light?	Concentration of ethylene	The brightness of the banana	Same kind of banana Exposure to UV light Type of banana Same amount of background lighting	The banana with the highest concentration of ethylene will be the brightest.

Essential Questions

What is science?
Science is the attempt to understand the universe through observations.

Scientific methods:
We have to form a question or a topic. (what do you want to find out?) Then, researching on that topic and forming a hypothesis. After that, we can start experimenting and analysing results. From the results, we can conclude our findings and compare it to our hypothesis.