Mystery Cylinders

Mystery Cylinders An exercise in the scientific process

Imagine a container, a cylinder that you are unable to open, and you cannot see inside. How would you manage to figure out what is inside the cylinder? What would your thinking process be?

This activity is broken down into 3 steps:

  1. Observe
  2. Share and Collaborate
  3. Submit
Figure 1. Mystery cylinders. Image by UBCO, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Figure 1. Mystery cylinders.
Image by UBCO, licensed under CC BY 4.0