Year Six
Throughout the year, children will be developing their Working Scientifically Skills. This includes:
- recognising things change over time, and asking pertinent questions and suggesting reasons for similarities and differences over time
- asking questions about patterns in data and being able to explain why something has happened
- using prior knowledge to make appropriate predictions
- reporting and presenting findings from enquiries
- forming suitable conclusions in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations
- developing and using keys and prior knowledge to classify and describe objects
- taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeated readings when appropriate
- using secondary sources to help interpret results seen
- making their own decisions and selecting the most appropriate type of scientific enquiry to use
- recognising how to set up a comparative and fair test
In Autumn 1, children have been learning about Evolution and Inheritance. This includes:
- investigating how living things change over time
- using fossils to find information about life on Earth millions of years ago
- explaining how plants and animals adapt and evolve over time to suit their environment
- learning about how offspring vary and are generally not identical to their parents
- learning about naturalist Charles Darwin
Why don't you use some of these games and websites to continue your learning at home: