E.P.A. Research Questions

ARE OPEN ENDED

E.P.A. sub questions

ARE CLOSED ENDED

Open ended vs Closed ended

Closed

• Can be answered only one way or with one list of answers

Open

• Can be given to an entire class and each person could answer differently depending on what they focused on to research and how they synthesized the information.

Open ended …HOW

• How do kids help improve their communities?

• How did using the atomic bomb affect the outcome of World War II?

• How does the CIA compare to the FBI?

• How can the space shuttle disaster help us learn about building better spacecraft?

Open ended…Why

• Why do athletes that use steroids become ineligible for breaking records?

• Why did immigrants go to Ellis Island?

• Why does a tsunami form after an earthquake?

Open ended …Should

• Should teenagers be allowed to have cosmetic surgery?

Open ended …What Can I Do

• What can I do to help the homeless people living on city streets?

E.P.A. Research Question

• How do…• How did…• How does…• How can…

• Why do…• Why did…• Why does…

•Should...

•What can I do…

E.P.A. Sub-Questions

• Who

• What

• Where

• When

• Why