PRACTICLE SCIENCE : Year 6

NAME:
THEME
ACTIVITY
LEARNING OUTCOMES

DATE: 14. Jan 2008

Investigate living things

6/1/1.2/ 5 and 6
List factors plants compete for
Give reason why plants compete with each other

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO

FIND OUT
SCIENCE PROCESS
SKILLS
[CRITERIA]

Plants compete for space

SPS TESTED
SPS 1 (C1/C2/C3)
SPS4 (C1/C2/C3/C4)

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SCIENCE MANIPULATIVE
SKILLS
[CRITERIA]

SMS TESTED
SMS 1 C1/C2/C3C4

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THINGS NEEDED

Green beans
Cotton wool
2 Plastic containers
Some water
Work in a group of five

INSTRUCTION
METHOD
Guided Experiment

1. Place some cotton wool in two plastic containers of

the same size
2. Wet the cotton wool in each container with some
water
3. Put 10 or seeds in container A
4 Put 50 or seeds in container B
5 Water the seeds with the same amount of water
everyday
6 Observe the size of the young plants after a week
7 Record your observation

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NAME:
1. OBSERVATION: Draw your observation after one week

2.In your experiment state the following

I

What is changed:

II What is measured:..
3. What does your result tell us?
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