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Primary School Science
Every one must …Some of us should …Some of use could …
What I’m looking for
Teaching, learning and assessing enquiry skills
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
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 ..
1*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
We are learning/practicing to: Tell our friends
what things look like
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
We are learning/practicing to:
* Tell our friends
what things feel like
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …..
2*
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Asking a question
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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)
3,4,5*
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predicting
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
2*
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research
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
2*
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sorting
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
2*
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research
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …….
!
2/3*
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Looking for surprises
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 ……
2*
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Improving my investigation
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …
3/4/5*
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Deciding how to find out
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
What I’m looking for 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 ….
What things (variables) do you think might effect ……..3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
What I’m looking for
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)
What variables do you think might effect ……..4/5*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
What I’m looking for 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 ………..
3*
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Asking questions
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
What I’m looking for 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
4/5*
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Asking questions
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
Measuring
Length Volume Force Temperature Time mass
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
What I’m looking for WILF
3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …..
3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
3*
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …
3*
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Fair test
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
Recording results
as notes as a table as a chart as a line graph
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
3*
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drawing
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
What I’m looking for WILF
To use key words to record your results
To use key words like:
To use sentences like:
3*
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notes
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
3*
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Table/chart
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
05
101520253035404550
day1
day3
beforewatering (g)afterwatering (g)
3*
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Bar chart
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
4*
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Line graph
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
Looking for surprises
Looking for surprises (2*) Looking for surprises and explainin
g them (3/4/5*)
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Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …..
2*
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Spotting surprises
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 ….
3*
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Spotting surprises
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 ….
3,4,5*
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Spotting trends an pattern
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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…
analysing results
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3,4,5*
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 ……
Interpreting results
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3,4,5*
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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
4,5*
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Planning an investigation
Tom Robson
Supporting Primary Science
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 …
3,4,5*
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Improving my investigation