Enquiry Types What do we mean by types of scientific enquiry? There is so much "jargon" and technical vocabulary across all aspects of the primary curriculum that we need to embed and become experts in ourselves before we can have the confidence to teach children. The aim of this week's post is to address what is actually meant by scientific enquiry types, what are the benefits and how this supports metacognition. We need to feel enabled and have a greater handle on what these enquiries are and why it is so important to ensure that we include these in our science lessons. Researching to find a "best fit" definition that I feel makes sense has led to ... "Scientific Enquiry describes the processes and skills pupils should be taught and use, to find out more about the world and how it works ." Source ASE From that definition, the word "taught" is the word that to me seems most prominent. We cannot assume by "telling" which enquiry ...