Investigative skills worksheets
Which is the best insulator?
An experiment for children to do at home, which will illustrate the meaning of insulation.
Make a bottle instrument
An activity to encourage children to think about how the amount of air in an instrument affects the pitch it makes.
What material is it made of?
Your child will develop their knowledge of materials and their properties with this fun to do worksheet.
Comparing data
A worksheet showing results of an experiment into soil permeability with questions for children to answer.
Predictions and conclusions: changing state
A worksheet describing a prediction regarding changing state with questions for children to think about, using their investigative skills.
Be a scientist
This activity will develop your child's imagination and design skills.
What plants need to grow
An experiment that combines having fun with learning all about what plants need to grow.
Good and bad scientists
A list of statements for children to look through and decide which are true of good scientists.
Predictions and conclusions: keeping healthy
A worksheet with predictions for an experiment into heart rates to test children on their investigative skills.
Find and label materials
This activity will teach your child the different properties of many common materials and help them identify why they are used.
What plants need to grow part 2
Following on from part 1 of the experiment, this further develops your child's knowledge of healthy plant growth and encourages their skills of comparison and conclusion.
Growing diary data
A worksheet showing results of an investigation into how different soils affect the growth of plants.
Predictions and conclusions: life cycles
A worksheet showing the predictions and conclusions of an experiment into life cycles. Includes questions to encourage children to use their investigative skills.
Identify the loudest sound
A fabulous game to encourage discussion and develop your child's reasoning skills whilst learning more about sounds.
Designing for a purpose
Let your child use their imagination to create a camouflage outfit, helping them explore ideas about designing for a purpose.
Plan a scientific investigation
This worksheet encourages children to read through a plan of an investigation and decide where the problems might be.
Repeating experiments
This worksheet shows the results of somebody who has measured their heart rate. It gives questions to prompt children to use their investigative skills.
Identify the parts of a plant
This Year 1 science worksheet is all about plants and their different parts and offers you the opportunity to discuss how plants grow with your child.
Experimenting with forces
Develop your child's understanding of forces with an experiment to demonstrate the workings of a jet engine whilst encouraging scientific discussion.
Step-by-step investigation
Use this worksheet to help your child plan an investigation into the amount of light different materials will allow through.