The name of the practical bit of science changed with the new curriculum in 2000. Scientific Enquiry is the new moniker, but this title simply legitimises many of the activities that have always been a part of teaching.
The new title confirmed that investigation - covering activities such as fair tests - was just one of the ways in which you can answer science questions. There are others, many of them ideally suited to the natural history side of science. This is good news to those of us who find it hard to think up a fair test we can apply to humans, other animals, or plants - especially if we find the idea of stripping a plant of leaves, for example, objectionable!
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