Investigating in Science
Exploring a situation
The students drew their shadows in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon and discussed the reason for the observed changes. Jack's work shows that he is able to make observations and look for patterns and relationships, with prompting as needed. His suggestions are relevant to the question being investigated.
Processing and interpreting
The change in his thinking from the "before" view to the "after" view shows that he reaches a conclusion to a simple investigation that is linked to his own knowledge.
Reporting
He is able to report on some of his investigation in an organised way. |
Developing and Communicating Scientific Understanding
Using scientific ideas in constructing explanations
Jack shares his ideas about scientific experiences (see "before" view). He tries to explain his observations of how a shadow is made. He shows some understanding of scientific ideas when he refers to the shape of the shadow being "a copy of your body". He has drawn the shadow as an image of himself as it includes details such as eyes and a mouth. He does not appear to understand that the shape and position of the shadow are relative to the position of the Sun (L1).
Jack is able to offer an explanation for his experiences using some scientific ideas (see "after" view). He explains his observations with some understanding of the scientific ideas related to his experiences and refines his ideas towards a more scientific view. He clarifies his ideas about the position of the Sun and the position of the shadow. The shadow no longer has the face and clothing details. He can also link scientific ideas to an event (because he knows that the size of his shadow is relative to the position of the Sun), but he doesn't explain the link.
Using scientific vocabulary
Jack experiments with vocabulary and uses correct labels to describe experiences, for example, "blocks" and "light". |
