• Question: Do you learn alot from trying out lots of diffrent investigations and how does that help you with finding new things out ? :)

    Asked by ciarahamilton to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Darren Nesbeth answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      First thing is to know what has been done in the past. Then you have to make sure you are doing something unlike anything that has ever been done before. Scientists call this ‘keeping it novel’.

      You tend to try and learn one new thing from each experiment. So each new, different experiment should give you a bit more info. Put all the results together and see if they agree with your overall idea, or contradict your idea.

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      Lori-An Etherington answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Yes I do learn a lot from trying different investigations. Sometimes unexpected findings can change the course of further experiments. All of the experimental findings gradually add up to help discover new things in science, which is what makes science so interesting.

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