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Science in the Primary SchoolThursday 12th November
Mission StatementTo Inspire, Challenge and Nurture for Excellence
Our Guiding Principles:✓ to sustain our reputation for academic excellence by providing a rigorous and
balanced international curriculum.✓ to enable our students to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners
who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.✓ to foster leadership abilities in our students within a friendly and caring
community that inspires, challenges and reflects our international ethos.✓ to enable our students to develop a strong sense of belonging, respect and social
responsibility in order to create a better more peaceful world.✓ to be internationally recognized for our commitment to education for
international understanding and partnerships.
◻What do we teach and when?◻How do we teach Science?◻How do we assess?◻Have we got it covered?◻How do we get our children ready for secondary
science?◻What can parents do to support science learning?
Overview
What makes a scientist?
◻Curiosity- don’t take everything at face value
◻Resilience – Thomas Edison’s 1000 attempts to make a lightbulb
◻Asking questions – `we learn from asking rather than answering’
◻Learning from mistakes – evaluating
◻Creativity – no that’s not just for the artists!
Neil Atkin, 2015
How do we teach Science?◻Teaching through units in IPC. ◻Science can be the ‘driver’ or ‘enhancer’.◻Science is not taught at a specific time
each week as with other curricula. ◻Skills and knowledge are taught through
context based learning. ◻Assessment strategies.
Learning Targets
Investigations
◻Methods, structure and formats.◻Terminology or vocabulary.◻In line with expectations in
Secondary.◻Linking with other classes in
Primary and Secondary to enhance learning.
InvestigationsWays to investigate:◻Modelling◻Pattern Seeking◻Research◻Challenges◻Fair Testing◻Identifying and Classifying◻Observations
Investigations - Planning and StructureStructure consistent throughout primary, with a progressive format being used.
Research Question
Prediction/
Hypothesis Evaluation
Results
Variables
Conclusion
Fair Test
InvestigationsStructure - is consistent throughout primary, with a progressive format being used. 1. Research Question2. Prediction/Hypothesis3. Variables 4. Fair test5. Results 6. Conclusion7. Evaluation
New Vocabularyintroduced.
How topics lead to investigationsMilepost 1 - How are you?
Can we drink all water?
We need water to stay alive and healthy.
How can we clean water?
Which material
makes the best filter?
Can we drink our
‘clean’ water?
Build your own water filter?
Can you create your own water filter?
What can we use to do this?
Milepost 1 - Seeing the light
How can we measure our shadows?Exploring and
investigating shadows.
Measure shadows in the
morning.
What happens to our shadows
throughout the day?
Why?
Milepost 2 - Bright Sparks
Children experiment with circuits, changing components to see the effects.
Investigate conductivity - testing materials using their circuits.
Children experiment with circuits, changing components to see the effects.
Milepost 3 - Bake it! Changing and separating materials
Explore the ingredients used in
making bread.
What happened when sugar was
mixed with yeast?
What happened when the warm
water was added?.
Sugar SaltFlourYeast.
Think about the starter activity - baking bread...
What happens when these are
mixed with water?
How can we investigate this? How can we make
it a fair test? What will the variables be?
Milepost 3 - FairgroundsInvestigating forces.
What will happen to the water in a bucket when I swing it around?
Can you think of other everyday situations that involve rotational forces?
Draw and label diagrams to record these.
Show the direction and strength of forces using different sized arrows.
Assessment in Science
Both children and teachers use our IPC Skills Ladders to assess the children’s skills in Science.
Recording and sharing learning in Science✓ IPC Books✓ Skills Ladders✓ Photographs✓ Classroom displays
✓ Linking with other classes
✓ Exit points✓ Class Assemblies
How can parents support science learning?
◻See science all around and encourage children to ask questions and explore.
◻Discuss science.◻Do science together - eg.cooking,
growing things. ◻Explore surroundings.◻Most of all...
Let them think!
and make mistakes.
Many important scientific discoveries
are made through making mistakes.
Thank you. Any questions?
◻Volunteer and visit often◻Feel free to make suggestions ◻Leave feedback on today’s workshop here. ◻Queries or questions? Email:⬜[email protected]⬜[email protected]
