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The planning sheets for scientific inquiry (SC1) focused assessment

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Please refer to the relevant QCA Units to find where the focused assessment fits into the sequence of lessons.

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Key Stage 1

UNIT SC1 focus

UNIT	SC1 Focus	Download Documents
1A Ourselves	Observing and describing	PDF	Word
1B Growing plants	Making and recording observations	PDF	Word
1C Sorting and using materials	Sorting and recording	PDF	Word
1D Light and dark	Observing and comparing	PDF	Word
1E Pushes and pulls	Asking questions	PDF	Word
1F Sound and hearing	Making comparisons and drawing conclusions	PDF	Word
Relating results to predictions		PDF	Word
2A Health and growth	Comparing and explaining	PDF	Word
2B Plants and animals in the local environment	Recording in a table	PDF	Word
2C Variation	Present findings in drawings and block graphs	PDF	Word
2D Grouping and changing materials	Using a simple table	PDF	Word
2E Forces and movement	Measuring, recording results	PDF	Word
2F Using electricity	Does evidence support the prediction?	PDF	Word

Key Stage 2

UNIT SC1 focus

UNIT	SC1 Focus	Download Documents
3A Teeth and eating	Reviewing and evaluating a test	PDF	Word
3B Helping plants grow well	Recognise when a comparison is unfair	PDF	Word
Measuring		PDF	Word
3C Characteristics of materials	Planning a (fair) test	PDF	Word
3D Rocks and soils	Measuring length, recording in tables, bar charts	PDF	Word
3E Magnets and springs	Interpreting evidence and using it to draw conclusions	PDF	Word
3F Light and shadows	Recording predictions and results in simple tables	PDF	Word
4A Moving and growing	Raising questions and making predictions	PDF	Word
4B Habitats	Does the evidence support the prediction?	PDF	Word
4C Keeping warm	Turning ideas into a testable form, planning a fair test	PDF	Word
4D Solids, liquids and how they can be separated	Recording results in a table and making comparisons	PDF	Word
Explaining. Deciding what equipment to use		PDF	Word
4E Friction	Looking for patterns in results and suggesting explanations	PDF	Word
4F Circuits and conductors	Recording observations in a table, making generalisations	PDF	Word
5A Keeping healthy	Using results to draw conclusions	PDF	Word
5B Life cycles	Planning a fair test, repeating measurements	PDF	Word
5C Gases around us	Repeating measurements, considering accuracy of measurements	PDF	Word
5D Changing state	Identifying patterns in data and using them to make predictions	PDF	Word
5E Earth, Sun and Moon	Graphs, identifying trends, reviewing the investigation	PDF	Word
5F Changing sounds	Turning ideas into a form that can be investigated	PDF	Word
6A Interdependence and adapation	Making observational drawings. Drawing on scientific knowledge and understanding to suggest explanations	PDF	Word
6B Microrganisms	Planning a test, making observations and drawing conclusions using scientific understanding	PDF	Word
6C More about dissolving	Planning a fair test	PDF	Word
6E Forces in action	Presenting and interpreting data as line graphs, generalisation	PDF	Word
6F How we see things	Identifying variables, formulating a question, presenting results in appropriate graphs, identifying patterns in data and making generalisations	PDF	Word
6G Changing circuits	Suggesting a question, deciding on an appropriate approach, drawing conclusions	PDF	Word

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