In our Mystery Container Activity, we had to figure out what was in our little container without opening it. We also had a bunch of potential items that could have been in the container, plus an empty container to potentially duplicate the mystery container. After using several different combinations of items, our group was able to find the correct items by weighing the mystery container and using two items that made the same rattling sound as the mystery container did and that weighed the same.
I learned that the Inquiry Wheel is vital when trying to figure out something. The question was "Without opening it, what is inside the mystery container?", and we had to observe and ask questions about the container. We had to figure out how much it weighed, what sounds it made, what the objects inside felt like when they were rolling around, how many items were in it, and so on and so forth. Our group had to communicate with each other in order to eliminate or include item combinations. The entire process was a little messy, like most scientific experiments, but after testing our hypothesis, we were able to figure out what was inside. It actually felt pretty good to get it right.
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