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Year 6 Investigative skills worksheets

Similarities in families worksheet

Similarities in families

When we have children, we pass on our genes to them. This is why you may look like your mum or dad, or you may be good at something (or not good at something!), just like them. Draw portraits of yourself, your mum and your dad. Do you share any physical characteristics? Can you give examples of how you are similar to your parents in behaviour or ability?
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Researching vertebrates worksheet

Researching vertebrates

Vertebrates can be divided into five groups. Can you research each group and give examples of animals in that group?
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Research Mary Anning worksheet

Research Mary Anning

Mary Anning was born in 1799. She is famous because of her fossil discoveries and the important contribution they made to the scientific study of prehistoric life. See if you can find the answers to these questions by researching her life on the internet or in your library.
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Prehistory timeline worksheet

Prehistory timeline

Did you know that dinosaurs lived on Earth for roughly 200 million years, whereas we humans have only existed for 200,000 years?! Look at this timeline. Can you do some research on the kinds of dinosaurs that were around during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods? Find out what our planet was like then and what other animals were around.
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How light helps us to see experiment

How light helps us to see

We see an object because light shines onto it and is reflected back into our eye. When it gets dark this evening, try this activity to prove the theory.
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How does distance of an object from a light source change the shadow it makes experiment

How does distance of an object from a light source change the shadow it makes?

Time for an experiment! Let's find out how the distance of an object from a light source changes the shadow it makes.
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Darwin and evolution investigation

Darwin and evolution

Have you heard about Darwin's theories on evolution? Have a look on the internet or in your local library. Can you find any examples of species evolving over time? Record your research.
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Investigation - Can light go around corners?

Can light go around corners?

Try this experiment to see if light can go around corners!
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Micro-organisms investigation

Micro-organisms investigation

This investigation will help you find out which conditions will encourage micro-organisms such as mould to grow.
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How fast do you breathe investigation

How fast do you breathe?

We breathe all of the time. Breathing is vital to ensure that oxygen is taken into our bodies and harmful carbon dioxide is taken out of our body… but how fast do we breathe? When does this change? Why? Complete the table and see if this helps you to answer these questions.
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Fatty foods investigation

Fatty foods investigation

Ask an adult to help you select different foods that you think may contain more fat than others. Carefully rub each food in turn in one of the circles. Label each circle so that you can see which food was in which circle. Leave the paper to dry. When dry hold it up to the light. You should be able to see which foods contained more oil and fat as this will be left on the paper!
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Micro-organisms: observing mould on food activity

Micro-organisms: observing mould on food

A simple activity your child can carry out at home in order for them to see micro-organisms in the form of mould developing on different food types.
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Reversible changes: solids and liquids activity

Reversible changes: solids and liquids

An activity to help your child understand that some solids can be separated from liquids by filtering.
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Super scientist quiz!

Super scientist quiz

Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
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Reaching conclusions worksheet

Reaching conclusions

A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
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Using technology in science worksheet

Using technology in science

A worksheet encouraging children to think about the technology used by scientists in particular areas of science.
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Predictions and conclusions: keeping healthy worksheet

Predictions and conclusions: keeping healthy

A worksheet with predictions for an experiment into heart rates to test children on their investigative skills.
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Repeating experiments worksheet

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.
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Develop questioning skills - traffic survey activity

Develop questioning skills - traffic survey

A worksheet to prompt children to carry out their own traffic survey and consider the answers collected.
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Dissolving solids in hot water activity

Dissolving solids in hot water

This experiment helps children to see clearly how some solids dissolve in hot water and some solids do not.
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