As part of the science curriculum, pupils must plan and carry out a variety of scientific enquiries including comparative and fair tests. These resources can be used to support pupils to plan and write-up their scientific enquiries, with opportunities to record equipment needed, data gathered and write conclusions.
Three science Investigation write-up sheets are included, in slightly differing formats for you to choose from, to support write-ups of scientific enquiries using a consistent template across KS2. All are available as PDFs or editable Word documents, to make changes to titles and subheadings where needed for your classroom or school.
What is included in this resource?
- Science Investigation Write-up – template 1 (PDF and Word docs)
- Science Investigation Write-up – template 2 (PDF and Word docs)
- Science Investigation Write-up – template 3 (PDF and Word docs)
- Teacher notes
National Curriculum programme of study links
Year 3 / 4 writing - composition
Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by:
- discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
- discussing and recording ideas
Year 5 / 6 writing - composition
Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by:
- identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own
- noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary