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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
  • Ask questions that may lead to immediate investigations

Observing

  • Observe accurately both inside and outside the classroom
  • Use all the senses to observe animals, plants, objects and events in the immediate environment
  • Observe characteristics such as the shape, size, colour, pattern, texture, sound and smell of familiar things in the environment
  • Observe differences and similarities in the  environment
  • Observe gradual changes in living things and familiar objects

Predicting

  • Suggest outcomes on an investigation based on observations

Investigating and experimenting

  • Carry out simple experiments
  • Begin to suggest approaches and methods of solving problems
  • Begin to identify one or two variables

Estimating and measuring

  • Begin to use simple methods to estimate, measure and compare
  • Compare and identify differences in measurements
  • Appreciate the need for standard units

Analysing

Sorting and classifying

  • Sort and group objects according to observable features
  • Appreciate that there are  different criteria for sorting and suggest more than one way of sorting a number of items

Recognising patterns

  • Begin to look for patterns and relationships in observations

Interpreting

  • Draw conclusions from simple investigations

Recording and communicating

  • Describe and discuss observations orally
  • Represent findings using pictures, models and other methods

Designing and making

Exploring

  • Handle and manipulate a range of materials in structured and unstructured situations
  • Observe, investigate and describe familiar objects
  • Recognise that people like certain characteristics of objects but not others

Planning

  • Identify a need for new and revised designs
  • Discuss what child would like to make
  • Clarify and communicate through pictures or simple modelling the materials required to build the object
  • Choose materials
  • Talk about and communicate a plan of action

Making

  • Make simple objects
  • Develop craft-handling skills and techniques
  • Use a range of tools
  • Use a range of materials
  • Understand that these materials can be linked in simple ways to allow movement

Evaluating

  • Evaluate design ideas
  • Evaluate own work
  • Evaluate the work of peers

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