Grade 6 Science — Term 3, Week 8
5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T3 G6
Day 1: The Scientific Method
Grade 6 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Describe the full scientific method. |
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| Materials | Method chart |
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| Key vocabulary | question, hypothesis, method, results, conclusion |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do scientists investigate the world?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: order the steps of the scientific method; apply them to a sample question; tap-to-reveal the method. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name the steps of the scientific method. |
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| Assessment | Describes the method. |
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| Teacher notes | Consolidates a primary-years skill. |
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Day 2: Designing Fair Investigations
Grade 6 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Design a fair investigation with all variables identified. |
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| Materials | Planning sheets, materials |
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| Key vocabulary | fair test, independent, dependent, control, hypothesis |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do we design a truly fair test?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: design a fair test identifying variables to change, measure, and control; write a hypothesis; tap-to-reveal. |
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| Plenary (close) | What three kinds of variables are there? |
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| Assessment | Designs fair investigations. |
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| Teacher notes | Introduce variable types for secondary. |
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Day 3: Analysing and Interpreting Data
Grade 6 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Analyse data using tables, graphs, and averages. |
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| Materials | Data sets, graph paper |
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| Key vocabulary | data, graph, average, trend, interpret |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do we make sense of a big set of results?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: organise data, calculate simple averages, graph, and interpret trends; tap-to-reveal analysis. |
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| Plenary (close) | Describe a trend in a data set. |
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| Assessment | Analyses data. |
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| Teacher notes | Builds strong data skills. |
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Day 4: Evaluating and Communicating
Grade 6 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Evaluate investigations and communicate findings. |
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| Materials | Reports, presentation tools |
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| Key vocabulary | evaluate, reliable, improve, communicate, report |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do scientists share and improve their work?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: evaluate an investigation's reliability, suggest improvements, and communicate findings clearly; tap-to-reveal. |
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| Plenary (close) | Suggest one way to improve an investigation. |
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| Assessment | Evaluates and communicates. |
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| Teacher notes | Reinforce evaluating and reporting. |
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Day 5: Review: Scientific Inquiry
Grade 6 Science · Term 3, Week 8 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Consolidate the full inquiry process. |
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| Materials | Investigation stations |
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| Key vocabulary | review, method, analyse, evaluate |
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| Engage (starter) | "Master scientist challenge!" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: rotate through design, analyse, and evaluate stations. |
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| Plenary (close) | Which inquiry skill is your strongest? |
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| Assessment | Station accuracy. |
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| Teacher notes | Affirm the children as scientists. |
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