Investigations get started as people see something puzzling or worth explaining. Deciding what about a phenomenon is relevant to understand isn’t obvious, and often relies on knowledge and experience.

Investigations get started as people see something puzzling or worth explaining. Deciding what about a phenomenon is relevant to understand isn’t obvious, and often relies on knowledge and experience.

It often takes work to develop a question that is (a) worthy of further study with an investigation, (b) possible given the time and materials available, and (c) can help you make progress understanding the phenomenon.