Terrific Scientific Investigation Sheets - BBC · PMI analysis grid POSITIVE MINUS INTERESTING Use this here for an exercise using PMI analysis. PMI analysis is a brainstorming tool

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Terrific Scientific Investigation Sheets

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Our Terrific Scientific Learning Journey

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Date __________________________________

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What does a scientist look like? 04Pupils can draw a picture of what a scientist looks likeWho do you know that uses science in their job? 05Pupils can draw a picture and describe what they do

What interests you about science? 06

A space to draw a picture or describe what is interesting about scienceIf you could use science to answer any question what would it be? 07

A space to answer scientific questions

If you could invent anything at all what would it be? 08

A space to draw or write inventionsChildren’s learning organiser 09Further questions on the Terrific Scientific investigationsDeveloping skills 10A range of transferable science skillsKWL grid 11What pupils know, what they would like to know and what they have learnedPMI analysis grid 12An exercise in PMI analysisScience record 13Pupils can record various info on their science investigations Venn diagram 14Pupils can design their own science poster

Carroll diagram 15A grouping exercise in a yes, no fashion

Contents

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What does a scientist look like?

Draw your picture of what a scientist looks like in the space provided below.

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Who do you know that uses science in their job?

Draw their picture in the space provided below. Then describe how they use science in their work.

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What interests you about science?

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If you could use science to answer any question what would it be?

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If you could invent anything at all what would it be?

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Children’s learning organiserHave any of the Terrific Scientific investigations left you with any questions? Use the spaces below to write any questions you may have.

My questions are?Taste

Water

Time

Trees

Forces

Exercise

Feet

Power

Grow

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Developing skills

Being curiousAsking questionsTesting an idea

Pattern seekingObservingMeasuring

CommunicatingIdentifyingClassifying

Think about all the skills you are developing though science. Where else can you use you science skills? At school? At home? Outside school?

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KWL grid

K – What would you like to know? W – What do you already know about this?

L – What have you learnt? How could you find out?

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PMI analysis grid

POSITIVE MINUS INTERESTING

Use this here for an exercise using PMI analysis. PMI analysis is a brainstorming tool to make pupils look at ideas form more than one viewpoint. Pupils investigate a topic and examine the pluses (positive) the negatives (minus) and also the implications (interesting) of a given topic.

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Science record

My question is?

Photo or sketch of my investigation.

My results show: I learnt that:

This is important because:

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Venn diagram

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Carroll diagram Another name for a Carroll diagram is a two way table. Use this table to group things in a yes no fashion.