Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+)
Report and present findings including conclusions, causal relationships, explanations, and a degree of trust in results using oral and written forms
Typical age: 9–11 years
“Can your child write up or present their experiment results, explain what caused what, and discuss how confident they are in their findings?”
0 / 3 mastered
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Needs first
- Fair testing (age 9+)
Making predictions supports presenting findings with explanations
- Writing opinions
Scientific reporting with conclusions builds on writing composition/opinion skills
- Planning Ideas Before Writing
Producing a well-organised science report depends on the planning and pre-writing strategies developed in English composition
- Basic Informational Writing
Presenting scientific findings with conclusions mirrors the structure of an informative/explanatory text with supporting facts taught in English
- Classifying living things (age 9+)REQUIRED
Must record complex data before presenting findings with causal relationships and trust assessment
- Understanding Why
Reporting causal relationships and a degree of trust in results requires the elaborative-interrogation habit of asking why things are true