KS2 Science textbook
Chapter 1: Working scientifically
- Strand Working scientifically
- Level Year 3
- Practice 95 questions with step-by-step solutions
By the end of this chapter you will be able to
- Ask questions that I can test, and say which type of enquiry would answer them
- Plan a fair test: change one thing, measure the result, and keep everything else the same
- Take careful observations and accurate measurements, using standard units
- Record, sort and present my results in a table, a key, a bar chart or a labelled diagram
- Write a report, a conclusion and a prediction that match my results, and suggest an improvement
- Compare differences and similarities, and say which evidence supports an idea
You should already know
- Asking simple questions and making a fair test (Year 2 Science, Chapter 1)
- Measuring with a ruler and reading scales, and reading simple tables and bar charts (Year 2 Maths and Science)
Where this leads
- Planning fair tests and using evidence in the plant and light chapters of this book (Chapters 2 to 8)
- Using a range of enquiries and more precise measurements in Year 4 Working scientifically
Lessons in this chapter
- 1.1 Asking relevant questions
- 1.2 Setting up a fair test
- 1.3 Careful observations and accurate measurements
- 1.4 Recording, classifying and presenting data
- 1.5 Reporting findings and drawing conclusions
- 1.6 Differences, similarities and evidence
- Summary and key words
- Check-up and practice test questions
Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).