Fair testing
Set up simple practical enquiries, comparative tests, and fair tests, understanding the importance of changing only one variable at a time
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If your child wants to find out which soil is best for growing beans, can they set up a fair test where only the soil changes and everything else stays the same?
Set up simple practical enquiries, comparative tests, and fair tests, understanding the importance of changing only one variable at a time
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- Explain what makes a test 'fair' (only one variable changes, everything else stays the same)
- Identify the variable to change, the variable to measure, and the variables to keep the same
- Set up and carry out a comparative or fair test with support
“If your child wants to find out which soil is best for growing beans, can they set up a fair test where only the soil changes and everything else stays the same?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Scientific Inquiry
- Age range
- Ages 7–9
Standards