SILO 3.3 (DRAFT)Year 3, Term 3: Questioning and predictingFocus: Hypotheses Scope and sequence: Probability, If-then statements, Hypotheses |
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Learning intention: Students plan and conduct scientific investigations to answer questions using representations of data. |
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NSW Syllabus
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Australian Curriculum (version
9.0)
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"A
student questions, plans and conducts scientific
investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates
using scientific representations." (ST2-1WS-S)
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"Students
learn to pose questions to explore observed patterns and
relationships and make predictions based on observations."
(AC9S3I01)
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Tops and tails game
This game only requires two coins but it is also good to use music. The rules are as follows:
The following diagram is based on the game rock, paper scissors.
A hypothesis is a proposed explanation which can then be used for further investigation.
https://study.com/learn/lesson/hypothesis-examples.html
'If-then' statements provide a useful structure for hypotheses. The following video (1:12) explains the connections between hypotheses, 'if-then' statements, and variables.
'If-then' statements are also used in coding where they can also be called 'conditional statements'. See SILO 3.4 'Coding' for examples of conditional statements.
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Make an animation or slideshow using
the following 10 statements for the voice-over script.
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A PowerPoint file containing the voice-over
scripts is available here.
This activity is suited to student working in pairs.
What you need for each pair of students:
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The table above will only have the numbers 1 or 2 depending on whether the students can distinguish between 1 or 2 prongs from the paperclip. Is there any reason to average this data? |
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