Friday, August 29, 2008

Enigma Box

The skills scientists use are observation, inferring, predicting, and classifying. This skills help scientists study the world. The skills where used to help me figure out the enigma box. The enigma box is a puzzle. I had to use observation and inference to find out how it worked.

The observations I made where that nothing happened until 470ml. where poured in that the water came out. When 100ml. was was poured nothing happened. At 200ml. little drops started to come out. At 300ml. the drops came more quick. I couldn't under stand how or why it did that so I had to make an inference.

The inference I made was that when it reached a level it would let all the water out. Or it was like a trick glass was inside of it and wouldn't pour out until it got to the top. Maybe there is a little man in there and lets the water out when ever he wants.

The enigma box was puzzling, but I finally found out how it worked. My guess wasn't correct. i guessed it was like a trick glass. It would fill up until it got to the top and then it would let the water out. I was right about one thing, that when it was full it would lit the water out. There was a curved straw in there, so when the water went above the straw it would let the water out.

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