Name: Kavish Year: 7 Subject: Scientific Method

Date:
Topic: Plant Nutrition
1st February 2021
Does the amount of sunlight affect the speed of growth of
Learning Objective: goldfish growth?

Teacher Feedback:

INQUIRY SKILLS ASSESSED • Planning investigations • Developing hypotheses • Forming coherent

arguments

Emerging Developing Consolidating

Developing Hypothesis Hypothesis Hypothesis

Hypothesis consistent with the consistent with the
consistent with the
planning planning and based
planning and based
on research on research
questions questions and
identified variables
Procedure layout/ Precise procedure, Precise procedure, Able to reason the
planning plans measurement plans measurement procedure in
investigations of dependent of variables other practical terms, with
variable using a than a given one ideas of
given method manipulating the
independent variable
Forming coherent Draw conclusion but Analyze the data and Analyze the data,
arguments does not provide provide scientific provide scientific
scientific argument arguments arguments and
for these conclusions control for
measurement errors

Q1. Design a scientific enquiry on the following research question.

Frame a hypothesis: Use If, then and because format.

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__ If the amount of sunlight is what affects the fishes health. Then the more sunlight it gets it will grow
faster because sunlight is important for growth
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State the three variables:

Independent:__Amount of sunlight________________
Dependent:__Size of goldfish_________________
Control:__size of fish in the start,the water____________________

Materials Required:_ ___2 gold fish 2 fish

tanks_________________________________________________________________
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Procedure:put the fish in sun and in different amounts of time And give proper breaks And write the
speed of growth Or the growth of the
fish________________________________________________________________________________
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Observation:

Precautions:___ To monitor the temperature of the tank constantly to make sure it doesn’t
overheat.____________________________________________________________________________
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Inference:_ :The inference reached by the data collected is the more amount of sunlight the goldfish is
exposed to the faster it grows but excess amounts of it can be
lethal.______________________________________________________________________________
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Extensions:
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