St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Science Week 2021

Whole School Investigation

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Aim

To raise the profile of Science and fair testing across the school.

To boost the children's 'Working Scientifically' skills across the school.

To show progression of 'Working Scientifically' skills across the school.

The investigation...

Can larger hands pick up more beads?

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Reception

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In Reception, children made handprints in paint and compared their hands to their friends' hands. They predicted who would be able to pick up the most beads, based on their hand sizes. They then counted how many beads they were able to pick up and compared their numbers.

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Reception

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Year 1

Year 1 compared hands and conducted the investigation 3 times, to make sure it was a fair test.

Year 2

Year 2 tested if a different style of 'grab' would make a difference to how many beads you can pick up. They plotted their results in a table.

Year 3

Year 3 thought carefully about how to make this investigation a fair test. They repeated their test a few times and made pictograms from their results.

Year 4

Year 4 conducted the experiment with lots of different people and made bar charts with their results.

Year 5

Year 5 looked at whether different styles of 'grab' would make a difference to the amount of cubes picked up. They used their results to make scatter graphs.