Inquiry Wheel

The class has a semester long project to do. We must use the scientific inquiry instead of the classic linear scientific method to carry out an experiment. Unlike the scientific method (question, hypothesis, experiment, results, conclusion...) the scientific inquiry is a wheel of objectives formed around questions.

Science is not a linear fashion type of ordeal, it's messy. Asking questions along the journey of our experiment will open doors for new hypothesis and more questions. We may come across an exciting result or hit a dead end.
For our project we are testing fertilizers on bean plants. We will observe each fertilizer's effect by measuring the plant's growth. Since fertilizer isn't the only factor to help plants grow we will be asking questions along the way. Is the room temperature just right? Is there enough sunlight? Is their micro-organisms in the dirt of the plants that may be harming/helping their health?
Once we come to a conclusion in our experiment we will open up new opportunities for more questions.