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What do you want to find out?

Variables. What could you change?

Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including

recognising and controlling variables where necessary.

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Variables. What could you change?

What will you change?

Choose one of the notes above.

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Variables. What could you change?

What will you change?

Choose one of the notes above.

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Prediction. What do you think will happen?

Fair test. These need to stay the same.

How will you measure this?

What units will you use?

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Prediction. What do you think will happen?

Fair test. These need to stay the same.

How will you measure this? images

What units will you use? t a bl e
How will you record the data? observation graph
Draw and label your experiment. Scientific diagram
• Title
Vocabulary • Experiment set up
to use: • From the side or plan
• Simple labels
• Straight label lines
• Lines touch the right
part

Equipment needed:
 Check…

Look at your sticky notes.

Will your experiment…

• answer your question?

• be fair?
• allow you to take, record and present measurements?

If not, modify it.

If so, do it!
 Carry out your experiment!
I can :
• take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with
increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when
appropriate.

• use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and

fair tests.

• reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including

conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of
trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other
presentations.

• identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute

ideas or arguments.
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Prediction. What do you think will happen?

• Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal

relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and
written forms such as displays and other presentations.

Conclusion. What did you see happen?

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Ideas on sticky notes

• Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair
tests.

Conclusion. What did you see happen?