科学探究的目标是提高学生的科学素养, 发展学生科学探究能力,增进学生对科学及科学探究的理解,初步养成通过科学探究进行学习和解决问题的习惯,为终身学习和发展奠定基础．其过程一般由提出问题、进行猜想与假设、制定计划与设计实验、开展实验与收集证据、分析与论证、评估、交流与合作等要素组成的．这一目标和过程目前已成为新课程的核心内容渗透在物理学科之中,也体现在2005年的 The goal of scientific inquiry is to improve students’ scientific literacy, develop students’ scientific inquiry capabilities, increase students’ understanding of science and scientific inquiry, and develop the habit of learning and solving problems through scientific inquiry to lay the foundation for lifelong learning and development. The process generally consists of asking questions, making conjectures and assumptions, making plans and designing experiments, conducting experiments and collecting evidence, analyzing and demonstrating, evaluating, communicating, and cooperation. This goal and process has now become the core content of the new curriculum and is permeated in the physics disciplines. It is also reflected in 2005.