Scientific Inquiry

What is the central theme of all scientific inquiry?

Which of the activities would require a scientist to make some observations?

Which of the steps would require a scientist to gather data?

Considering The activity described as "communicating with the wider community," in what ways might scientists communicate?

Remembering that scientists often work in teams, which activities would require a scientist to communicate with others?

Does scientific inquiry have to be carried out in a specific order, or can multiple activities be carried out at the same time?

Discovery of flies and maggots on a piece of meat

Where did the flies and maggots come from?

Are the maggots and flies "related"?

Does meat to spontaneously generate flies and maggots?

If I leave a container of meat open and seal another container, then both should create flies and maggots.

Set up two containers with me; one will be open and one will be covered. Leave them for several days.

Flies and maggots are found in the jar with no cover (1) but not in the covered jar (2).

Was the reason for no flies in the second jar due to the "Bad air "being sealed in the jar, which stopped the flies and maggots from being generated by the meat?

Run the experiment again adding a third jar with a fine mesh cover. Flies and maggots are only found in the open jar.

Flies lay eggs on the meet, which hatch into maggots, which become flies.

Flies lay eggs on the meet, which form maggots which become flies.

What year did Redi carry out his experiment?

Describe the excepted theory during Redi's time explaining the origin of flies.

What was this theory called?

How many experiments/jars did Redi set up for the first time?

What was the purpose of having one jar left open and the other one sealed?

Why did Redi carry out another experiment with three jars?

What was Pateur's hypothesis?

what is pasteur's question?

What was Pasteur's experiment?

What was the outcome of his experiment?