Working Scientifically: The Young Researcher · Inquiry Skills

Asking Scientific Questions

Learning to turn curiosity into testable questions that can be answered through investigation.

Key Questions

  1. 1What makes a question scientific rather than just a matter of opinion?
  2. 2How do we know if a question can be answered by an experiment?
  3. 3What would happen if we changed only one thing at a time in our test?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: Science - Working Scientifically
Year: Year 3
Subject: Science
Unit: Working Scientifically: The Young Researcher
Period: Inquiry Skills

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