The three parts of the activity were analysed to ascertain the effect that personal, adult participatory, and peer participatory interaction had on the scientific skill of observation. The skill of observation was further analysed to determine how it leads to higher skills, such as raising questions about the toys that can lead to further exploration and inquiry predicting as to what will happen to a toy next; hypothesising by providing a tentative suggestion as to how a toy works: interpreting or scientific deduction, using scientific knowledge to explain or provide evidence as to how