Discovering Science: Innovative Problem Solving for 9-Year-Olds

Instructions

Read the questions below and write your answers in the spaces provided. Think carefully about how different materials, tools, and equipment can be used to solve problems or meet needs in our everyday life!

1. What is a problem or need you see in your home or school? Describe it briefly.

2. List three materials you could use to help solve this problem or meet this need.

3. What tools or equipment would you need to use the materials effectively? List them below.

4. How would you combine the materials and tools to create a solution? Explain your plan in a few sentences.

5. If your solution works, how could it help others? Write your thoughts.

6. Sometimes solutions don’t work as planned. Can you think of a time when something didn’t go as expected? What did you learn from it?