Working Scientifically: The Young Researcher · Inquiry Skills

Fair Testing and Variables

Setting up simple practical inquiries and comparative tests while keeping conditions fair.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is it important to keep most things the same in a science test?
  2. 2How do we decide which variable to change and which to measure?
  3. 3What causes an experiment to give us an unfair result?

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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