Primary School Science

Primary School Science
Every one must … Some of us should … Some of use could …

Teaching, learning and assessing enquiry skills
What I’m looking for Teaching, learning and assessing enquiry skills

Searching for treasure
D Using my senses (*) D Sorting into groups (2*) P Asking questions (2*) P Sharing what I think (3,4,5*) P Finding things out (2/3/4/*) P Making decision to find things out (3*) P Identifying factors (3*) P Identifying factors (4/5* P Asking questions (3*) P Asking questions (4/5*) P Fair testing (3*) D Measuring (3*) D Recording results (3*) P Planning an investigation (4/5*) C Looking for surprises (2/3/4/5*) C Looking for patterns in results (3/4/*) C Analysing results (3/4/5*) C Interpreting results (3/4/5*) C Making my science better (2*) C Improving my investigation (3/4/5*) Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science

What I’m looking for WILF
1* What I’m looking for WILF Words to describe what you see, like … Words to describe what you feel, like .. Words to describe what you hear, like .. Words to describe what you smell, like .. Words to describe what you taste, like .. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

We are learning/practicing to:
Tell our friends what things look like Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

We are learning/practicing to:
* Tell our friends what things feel like Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2* Asking a question What I’m looking for WILF To hear you ask a question beginning with the words what do you think To hear you ask a question beginning with the words what do you think to To hear you ask a question beginning with the words what do you think to …if What do you think will happen to …. if …. Why do you think ….. How do you think ….. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3,4,5* predicting What I’m looking for WILF to tell your friends what you think will happen and why Using the words I think ….. because I think if we change … what might happen to …. is because.. I think if we change … what might happen to …. is because.. (using scientific ieas and words) Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2* research What I’m looking for WILF To work cooperatively in groups To use books to find out information using the contents page, index page To list the important things you have found out To share what you have found out with the rest of your group Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2* sorting What I’m looking for WILF To sort the different objects into groups Tell your friends why you have put them into those groups To draw what you have done so you can show other people Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2* research What I’m looking for WILF To work cooperatively in groups To use a computer to find out information To list the important things you have found out by printing it out To share what you have found out with the rest of your group Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2/3* Looking for surprises What I’m looking for WILF ! To hear you say what you thought would happen To hear you say what actually happened and if it was a surprise To hear you explain why you think ‘that’ happened using the word because I thought …. would happen but I was surprised because ……. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2* Improving my investigation What I’m looking for WILF To hear you tell your friends what you have been doing To hear you tell your friends what worked well in your test To hear you say how could we make our science test better if we did it again I could make my test better better by …… Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3/4/5* Deciding how to find out What I’m looking for WILF To hear you tell our friends what you want o find out To hear you tell your friends how you might find out For you to make a decision about how you might find out some information with a reason I might use a book and look in the contents page or index because … I might use a computer because .. I might ask someone a question because …. I might do a science test because … Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

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3* What I’m looking for What things (variables) do you think might effect …….. to tell your friends one thing that might affect the … A list of up to three things (variables) that might affect the ………. A list of up to three things (variables) that might affect the ………. using the words Amount of … Size of … Number of … Type of …. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

4/5* What I’m looking for What variables do you think might effect …….. A list of variables that might effect the outcome using the words: Amount of Number of … Type of …. Area of … (cm2) Length of (mm, cm, M) Volume of ….(cm3) Time of …. (sec, min, hr, days, week, mth) Force of … (N) Temperature of .. (C) Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for Asking questions To ask your friends a question about what you are finding out about To use the words to and if in your questions To use the words to, if and change in your question What do you think will happen to ……… if we change ……….. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

4/5* What I’m looking for Asking questions To use the words to, if and change in your question To use the words to, if, change and keep the same in your question with some help To use the words to, if, change and keep the same in your question without any help What do you think will happen to ……… if we change ……….. and keep …… the same Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

Measuring Length Volume Force Temperature Time mass Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for WILF To be able to use a ruler or tape-measure to measure in cm To see you use a ruler or a tape-measure and use mm or cm to measure distance To show my friends that my measurements are accurate This is ….. cm long This is ….. mm long Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for WILF To see you use a measuring jug to measure how much liquid there is to hear you talk about millilitres (ml) or cubic centimetres (cm3) To show my friends that my measurements are accurate I have measured this liquid and there are …ml Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for WILF To see you use a force meter (newton meter) to measure force To hear you talk about newtons (N) To show my friends that my measurements are accurate It takes …N to pull this object Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for WILF To see you using a thermometer to measure how much heat it contains To hear you use the words thermometer, temperature and Celsius (C) To show my friends that my measurements are accurate The temperature of …. Is --C Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for WILF To see you using a timer (clock) to measure time To hear you use the words seconds, minutes, hours, day, week, month, year To show my friends that my measurements are accurate It took …. seconds (sec) for ….. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* What I’m looking for WILF To see you using a balance to measure how heavy something is To hear you use the words: grammes, kilogrammes and accurate To see you using the abbreviation g,kg This object is …. g Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* Fair test What I’m looking for WILF To hear you tell your friends what a fair test is To hear you tell your friends how you are going to keep your science fair To hear you explain why it will be fair To keep my science fair I am going to keep …. the same and only change …. It will be fair because I’m only changing … Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

Recording results as notes as a table as a chart as a line graph Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science

3* drawing What I’m looking for WILF To see you record your results on paper using a drawing To see you put a title on your drawing To see you using a ruler to draw straight lines To see you using captions to label your drawing Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* notes What I’m looking for WILF To use key words to record your results To use key words like: To use sentences like: Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* Table/chart What I’m looking for WILF To see you use a chart to record your results To hear you decide what your chart might look like (number of rows & number of columns) To see you use a title for your chart To see you use headings for your columns To put units in if needed object Legth (cm) Width (cm) Mass (g) 1 2 3 4 5 Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* Bar chart What I’m looking for WILF To see you make a bar chart to record your results a ruler for straight lines a title on your bar chart labels on you bar chart Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

4* Line graph What I’m looking for WILF To see you draw a line graph Use a ruler for straight lines Using labels and units To see you decide on the scale Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

Looking for surprises Looking for surprises (2*) Looking for surprises and explaining them (3/4/5*) Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

2* Spotting surprises What I’m looking for WILF To hear you talk about what you thought would happen To hear you talk about what actually happen To hear you talk about what all the surprises were that you noticed I thought ….. would happen This is what I noticed …… This was the biggest surprise ….. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3* Spotting surprises What I’m looking for WILF To hear you talk about what you thought might happen and what actually happened To explain why you think it happened To explain why you were surprised I noticed that……. I think it happened because …. This surprised me …….. because …. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3,4,5* Spotting trends an pattern What I’m looking for WILF To hear you talk about any patterns or trends you have spotted in you results To hear you explain the pattern or trend To link the trend or pattern to what your variable was At the beginning … went up and then it went down and then up again. This happened because …. The greater the ….. the more/less the …. Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3,4,5* analysing results What I’m looking for….. To hear you talk (or record) what your results tell you (analyse) To hear you talk about (or record) any patterns or trends in your results To hear you talk about (or record) any spooky (strange/anomalous) results you might have found My results show me This/these results do not fit the pattern … All the other results ……. while this one… Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3,4,5* Interpreting results What I’m looking for….. To hear you explain your results To hear you (or record) why you think a result does not fit the pattern or trend To predict what the spooky result might be These results happen because …. I think ‘X’ result does not fit the pattern because ….. The results might be ……. because …… Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

4,5* Planning an investigation What I’m looking for WILF You to work in groups cooperatively To see you work as independently as you can to Decide what you are going to measure and in what units and to record it on paper Decide how to keep your test fair and why it will be fair and to record it on paper Decide how to record your results and why you will do it like that and to record it on paper Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

3,4,5* Improving my investigation What I’m looking for WILF To hear you talk about how you could make your science enquiry better if you were given the chance to do it again I could make it safer by …. I could improve my recording by I could make it more accurate by .. I could make it fairer by … I could ask these questions … I could test these ideas … Tom Robson Supporting Primary Science Return to index

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