This work covers all the Sc1 skills such as asking questions, predicting, fair tests and recording results; with links to the new Curriculum for science throughout. This book is a must for the trickiest area of primary science.

 

This book is part of a book series called Blueprints .

There are 104 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

With a long history in science education and the training of teachers, Lawrie Ryan has written many science textbooks that have been hugely successful both in the UK and internationally. As well as author of Chemistry for You, Lawrie Ryan is also author of the best selling Advanced Chemistry for You and is series editor of OUP's AQA Science series for GCSE.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Teacher guidance: how to use this book; teacher notes on pupil sheets; progression in Sc1 skills - lines of progression; using the lines of progression; progression in Sc1 skills - class record; analysis of skill sheets by context, links to QCA scheme of work and level of demand. Part 2 Child skill sheets: ideas and evidence (a)-(b); asking questions and research (a)-(b); predicting (a)-(c); planning a fair test (a)-(f); planning an enquiry (a)-(c); choosing equipment (a)-(b); measuring (a)-(g); reliability (a); talking about . (a); sorting things into groups (a)-(c); filling in charts (a)-(d); filling in tables (a)-(b); choosing how to record results (a)-(b); drawing bar charts (a)-(c); drawing line graphs (a)-(d); concluding (a)-(j); evaluating (a)-(c). Part 3 Child help sheets: research - asking questions; planning my research; carrying out my research; investigation planner; planning a fair test (a)-(c); sorting things into groups (a)-(b); results (a)-(b); after your experimenting. ; concluding and evaluating; child-speak Sc1 criteria.