Inquiry Questions (Grade 5)
Free printable HASS inquiry skills worksheet for Grade 5. Students sort open from closed questions, choose the question that best guides an inquiry, and pick the sub-question that belongs to a big question.
Grade 5 · Social Studies worksheet
Name
Date
Social Studies
Inquiry Questions
Sort each question, then circle the question or sub-question that best fits each inquiry. Extension (not marked): draft a big question and two sub-questions for a topic you are studying.
- 1.Open or closed? "How has migration since Federation shaped the food Australians eat?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 2.Open or closed? "How did the gold rushes change who lived in the Australian colonies?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 3.Open or closed? "Why do different groups disagree about how a river's water should be shared?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 4.Open or closed? "Did the referendums of 1898 to 1900 approve the Constitution?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 5.Open or closed? "How many people migrated to Australia in 1955?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 6.Your class is investigating how communities respond to bushfires. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
- b) Which fire truck brand is painted the brightest red?
- c) How do fire services, councils and volunteers work together before and after a bushfire?
- 7.Your class is investigating migration to Australia after 1945. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) Which airline has the most comfortable seats today?
- b) What is the longest river in South America?
- c) What reasons did migrants give for leaving their home countries after the Second World War?
- 8.Your class is investigating how Federation changed Australia. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) How many gold medals did Australia win in 2000?
- b) What is the tallest building in Sydney today?
- c) Which decisions moved from the colonies to the new federal parliament in 1901?
- 9.Big question: "How has migration shaped Australian communities?" Which sub-question belongs in this inquiry?
- a) What is the fastest passenger plane ever built?
- b) Which countries did most migrants come from in each decade since 1945?
- c) Why is the sky blue?
- 10.Big question: "How do Australians prepare for severe weather?" Which sub-question belongs in this inquiry?
- a) What do emergency services ask households to do before cyclone season?
- b) How do bees make honey?
- c) Which beach has the softest sand?
- 11.Big question: "How did Federation change life in Australia?" Which sub-question belongs in this inquiry?
- a) What powers did the states hand to the new federal parliament?
- b) How do volcanoes form?
- c) What is Australia's most popular takeaway food today?
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