My Little Investigations

My Little Investigations: Educational Science Experiments

A software designed for elementary school students to conduct science experiments and investigations, providing a guided interface for asking questions, making hypotheses, running simulations, collecting data, and drawing conclusions.

What is My Little Investigations?

My Little Investigations is an educational software program aimed at elementary school students to teach the basics of conducting science experiments and investigations. It uses a game-like interface with fun characters that guide students through the core aspects of the scientific method.

Students can pick from a library of predesigned investigations on topics like plant growth, chemical reactions, phases of matter, and more. The software prompts them to ask a testable question about the topic, make a hypothesis or guess at what they think will happen, run virtual simulations and experiments related to their question, collect data, and finally draw conclusions based on the data.

Along the way, characters like Emmy the Scientist, Chip the Robot, and others explain concepts, offer tips, and keep students engaged. The program includes multimedia like videos, animations, and interactive lab tools to bring the investigations to life.

Teachers can track student progress through the software and assess their skills at forming hypothesis, designing procedures, collecting thorough data, recognizing patterns in data, and applying new evidence to improve explanations and conclusions. My Little Investigations aims to nurture an early love for science while building the foundations of scientific reasoning.

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