Starter quiz
- What is a question?
- a type of sentence that asks something ✓
- a statement explaining something
- a test to see if you remember something
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- What do we do when we compare two things with each other?
- we add them together
- we find out their names
- we watch them to see if they change
- we see how they are similar and different ✓
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- What kind of living thing needs water, air, light, room to grow and nutrients from the soil to survive?
- 'plants' ✓
- What does it mean to explain something?
- to make it clear ✓
- to make it complicated
- to find where it belongs
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Jun has been investigating plants and has collected some measurements of his plants at different times. What do we call this information we gather during an investigation?- equipment
- results ✓
- predictions
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Which units of measure could Jun use to measure the height of the plants he is investigating?- grams (g)
- millimetres (mm) ✓
- litres (l)
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Exit quiz
When do scientists write a conclusion?- at the beginning of an investigation
- halfway through an investigation
- at the end of an investigation ✓
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- What is a conclusion?
- A suggestion of what might happen during an investigation.
- An explanation of what happened in an investigation and what the results mean. ✓
- A plan for how an investigation should be carried out.
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Lucas is investigating what happens when a plant doesn’t have one of its requirements. He is giving his plant air, light, room to grow and nutrients from the soil. Which requirement has he taken away?- 'water' ✓
Lucas investigated what happens to a plant with no water. Here are his results. What conclusion can he make from his results?- Plants can’t survive without water. ✓
- Plants grow bigger and stronger without water.
- Plants do not need water to grow.
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When scientists have completed an investigation, they often ______ what they have done by thinking about how the investigation went and what could have been done better.- 'evaluate' ✓
- An evaluation of an investigation should explain…
- whether handwriting was neat enough and how presentation could have been better.
- what went well and what improvements could be made to the method. ✓
- how the investigation was carried out and who had which job.
- what results were collected and what they show us.
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Key learning points
- The requirements of plants for life and growth include air, light, water, nutrients from soil and room to grow.
- In a conclusion, scientists explain what the results show or mean.
- Scientists often evaluate a completed investigation and suggest improvements.
Common misconception
Pupils may think they should evaluate their investigation based on things like the neatness of their writing or how quickly they finished, rather than how they planned and carried out the enquiry.
Explain that scientists evaluate their investigations based on how they planned and carried them out, not on how neatly they presented their work or how quick they were to finish because this helps them to plan better investigations in the future.
Keywords
Question - A question is a type of sentence that asks something.
Compare - We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.
Conclusion - In a conclusion, scientists explain what their results show or mean.
Explain - To explain something means to make it clear.
Evaluate - To evaluate is to think about what you did and suggest any changes or improvements.