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Throughout their science investigations, the children
should be aware of and encouraged to adopt safe practices. They should adopt
safety procedures in designing and making tasks, particularly when they are
using tools and instruments.
Working scientifically
Questioning
- Ask questions about animals and plants, familiar
objects and events in the immediate environment and their relationships
- Ask questions that will identify problems to be solved
- Ask questions that will help in drawing conclusions and
interpreting information
Observing
- Observe, describe and discuss natural and human
elements and process in the immediate environment
- Recognise and describe patterns and sequences in
observations
- Distinguish between the significant and less
significant observations
Predicting
- Offer suggestions based on observations on the likely
results of the investigation
- Make inferences based on suggestions and observations
- Propose ideas that may be tested by experimentation
Investigating and experimenting
- Collect information and data from a variety of sources
- Design, plan and carry out simple experiments
- Realise that an experiment is unfair if relevant
variables are not controlled
- Appreciate the importance of repeating tests and
experiments
Estimating and measuring
- Use appropriate simple instruments and techniques to
collect and record data on length, weight, mass, capacity, time and
temperature
- Estimate and use appropriate standard units of
measurement
- Decide what should be measured and the degree of
accuracy required
Analysing
Sorting and classifying
- Sort and group data on people, events and natural
phenomena using a range of appropriate criteria
- Sort and present data in sets and subsets
Recognising patterns
- Look for and recognise relationships when making
observations
- Identify other instances that fit in observed patterns
- Use observed patterns to make predictions
Interpreting
- Interpret information and offer explanations
- Draw conclusions from suitable aspects of the evidence
collected
Recording and communicating
- Record and present findings and conclusions using a
variety of methods
Evaluating
- Review the methods used in investigations and assess
their usefulness
Designing and making
Exploring
- Explore a wide range of everyday objects and how they
work
- Explore freely how a range of shapes, objects and other
constructions can be made using a variety of materials
- Explore how some objects might be improved or adapted
- Recognise that people like certain characteristics of
objects but not others, and investigate the reasons for these preferences
Planning
- Use knowledge and the result of investigations to
identify needs and /or opportunities to improve an object of environments in
familiar contexts
- Understand that while change may be desirable, it may
result in problems
- Develop the ability to draw designs showing different
perspectives of proposed objects
- Communicate their design plan using sketches, models
and other media including ICT
- Organise work, taking account of constraints and
resources
- Present design proposal on a `design sheet’
- Evaluate the feasibility of the design proposal and
possible modifications to it
Making
- Make a range of objects
- Identify problems with, or undesirable effects of, a
design during construction
- Develop craft-handling skills and techniques
- Use a range of tools
- Use a range of material
Evaluating
- Evaluate the positive and negative impact of design on
surroundings and others
- Discuss the stability and form of other made objects
- Justify the ideas, materials, joins, procedures and
techniques used
- Discuss and justify modifications
- Appraise results against group’s initial plan and
intentions
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