ScienceScientific InquiryAges 5–7
Simple tests and experiments
Perform simple tests and use observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
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Can your child do a simple experiment — like testing which paper towel absorbs the most water — and use what they find out to answer the question?
Perform simple tests and use observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
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Simple tests and experimentsProcedural concept
Check understanding
- Carry out a simple test with one thing changing at a time
- Observe what happens and describe the result
- Use the result to suggest an answer to the original question
“Can your child do a simple experiment — like testing which paper towel absorbs the most water — and use what they find out to answer the question?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Scientific Inquiry
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
Standards
uk-nc-2013:KS1.Sci.WS.3uk-nc-2013:KS1.Sci.WS.5