Investigating in Science
Making predictions
Georgia is able to predict possible outcomes to the question posed by the class and the teacher.
Using systematic approaches and scientific conventions
Georgia carries out simple trials based on her class's ideas and collects relevant data in a systematic way.
Processing and interpreting
When reporting on her investigation, Georgia reaches some conclusions as to why the reactions occurred, which she attempts to link to her own knowledge.
Reporting
Georgia reports on her investigations in an organised way, referring to her observations to support her ideas. |
Developing and Communicating Scientific Understanding
Using scientific ideas in constructing an explanation
Georgia is able to offer an explanation for experiences using some scientific ideas. She can explain her observations and describe the physical properties of substances (for example, "solid", "sticky").
She has an idea about solids and liquids with some understanding of scientific ideas, but she is unable to link what she has observed with those ideas. She is able to make links to the wider world as she identifies where and how she might use some of the everyday substances the class investigated.
Using scientific vocabulary
Georgia experiments with vocabulary to describe her scientific ideas and experiences, for example, "dissolve", "fizzy", and "bubbled up". |
