Community Science Hub

What are other investigators finding?

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Read patterns

Read what other groups noticed.

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Inquiry worlds

Discoveries grouped by sustained inquiry world — patterns from investigations, not individual student work.

Ecological Futures

Design and monitor healthier ecosystems

4 curated discoveries

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Motion and Energy

Convert stored energy into useful movement

2 curated discoveries

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Intelligent Systems

Design systems that collect trustworthy data

1 curated discoveries

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Matter and Chemical Systems

Atoms, reactions, and the materials around us

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Life, Body, and Health Systems

From genes to systems that keep us healthy

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Materials, Fabrication, and Design

Select materials, fabricate, and communicate

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Earth, Space, and Big Questions

Earth's systems and the scale of the universe

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Digital Worlds and Data

Build and critique digital systems and data

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Investigation themes

Elastic Band Cars

What design change could make your car more consistent (not just faster)?

wheel sizeaxle frictionband lengthwinding turns

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Aquaponics & Living Systems

Which part of your system (inputs, tank, plants) might be driving the pattern you see?

water temperaturepHdissolved oxygenlight

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Biodiversity & Monitoring

What could you change in your method to make your counts more fair to compare?

trap locationtime of dayweathertrap duration

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Robots & Physical Computing

What single change could you test to make your robot’s behaviour more reliable?

sensor placementthresholddelay timingmotor speed

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3D Design & Fabrication

Where could you add a small tolerance or fillet to reduce failure risk?

tolerancewall thicknessinfillorientation

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Data Products & Communication

What would your audience need to trust your evidence (and what limits should you name)?

audienceclaim strengthuncertaintyvisual choice

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Community Action & Change

What could you measure to know if your action is helping (not just happening)?

stakeholdersbaselinemeasure of changetimeline

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Matter and Chemical Systems

What evidence would convince someone your chemical claim is fair — not just dramatic?

reaction evidencepHconcentrationtemperature

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Ecological Futures

What evidence would help another group trust your ecosystem claim?

water qualitybiodiversity countstrap methodsensor placement

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Intelligent Systems

What would make your sensor data more trustworthy for someone else?

sensor placementsampling intervalcalibrationthreshold logic

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Life, Body, and Health Systems

What would help another group interpret biological data without overclaiming?

heart ratetrait measurementglucosereaction time

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Materials, Fabrication, and Design

What design choice helped your audience understand the evidence?

tolerancekerfchart typecolour contrast

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Earth, Space, and Big Questions

What does your model show — and what does it leave out?

sphere fluxscaleredshiftdata source

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Digital Worlds and Data

What would make your digital outcome more trustworthy for the next user?

trace tablecommit messagecontrast ratioheuristic

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Latest curated insights

seen across groupsElastic cars

More elastic bands increased power but reduced consistency

Groups using more elastic bands often achieved greater distance, but their results varied more between trials.

elastic band counttractionrelease methodvariation

early patternElastic cars

Surface type affected distance more than expected

Several groups found that changing from smooth to rough surfaces reduced distance more than changing elastic band count.

surface typerolling resistanceband count

seen across groupsAquaponics

pH dropped sharply after feeding

Multiple groups recorded pH drops of 0.3 to 0.7 units within two hours of feeding fish.

feeding timepHtime after feeding

early patternAquaponics

Dissolved oxygen fell on warm days

On days above 22 degrees Celsius, groups consistently recorded lower dissolved oxygen readings.

water temperaturedissolved oxygen

seen across groupsBiodiversity

More moths appeared on warmer nights

Groups running traps on nights above 15 degrees Celsius recorded significantly higher moth counts than on cooler nights.

air temperaturemoth countnight conditions

needs more testingBiodiversity

Trap colour may influence which species arrive

One group using a yellow trap recorded different species proportions than groups using white traps, but more data is needed.

trap colourspecies proportionlocationweather

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These insights are shared without student names. They describe patterns from multiple groups — ideas to investigate further, not answers to copy.

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