Science Inquiry Skills - Key Concepts Revision PDF

**[SCIENCE INQUIRY SKILLS- Key Concepts]** **[Revision]** 1. List some of the purposes of doing science investigations with students. - Should be used where appropriate - Not the same as an experiment - Students need training - Teacher needs to scaffold inquiry learning and invest...

**[SCIENCE INQUIRY SKILLS- Key Concepts]** **[Revision]** 1. List some of the purposes of doing science investigations with students. - Should be used where appropriate - Not the same as an experiment - Students need training - Teacher needs to scaffold inquiry learning and investigations are not a free for all - Students need training - Teacher needs to be prepared. - Teacher needs to consider the developmental abilities of the student's use of the science inquiry skills for the age level \(2) Label this diagram with the key stages of the investigation process. List some of the key features of each stage. pl planning evaluating conducting Pp processing \(3) **[How would you describe a variable?]** A factor that we either change measure or keep the same. An element. \(4) Remembering the scaffold '***C***ows ***M***oo ***S***oftly', match the label to the correct description. **C**hange one variable Controlled variables --------------------------------------- ---------------------- Keep all other variables the **S**ame Dependent variable **M**easure/ observe one variable Independent variable \(5) When representing data, what are the key features of the following? +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Tables** | **Column graphs** | **Line graphs** | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | Title (connects the | | - Continuous data | | independent and | | (the numbers | | dependant variable) | | increase or | | | | decrease)- | | Independent variable | | temperature, | | | | time, | | Dependant variable | | concentration. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+