Year 3, Term 3: Questioning and predictingFocus: HypothesesScope and sequence: If-then statements |
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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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Week 1
Introduction to the topic
Types of inquiry
https://www.sciencebydoing.edu.au/pre-2022-curriculum-unit-files
Predictions and educated guesses
Week 2
Hypotheses
https://study.com/learn/lesson/hypothesis-examples.html
If-then statements
An important part of hypotheses is the idea of if-then statements. This is an important concept which will be expanded in SILO 3.4 'Coding'. The following video (2:22) touches on if-then statements but only briefly.
Week 3
A nervous experiment
Full details for this experiment can be found at https://askabiologist.asu.edu/experiments/nerves.
© Arizona Board of Regents / ASU Ask A Biologist
What you need:
- 1 ruler that shows centimetres
- 1 paperclip (unwound so it looks like a square and the ends are together)
- Paper and pencil
© Arizona Board of Regents / ASU Ask A Biologist
Week 4
The inverse square law
By Borb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Week 5
Static electricity
This video (2:08) includes a vivid example of how water
molecules are polarised.
Question: How might the inverse square law affect the static electricity and water experiment?
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Moderated self-assessment
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