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Data, data, data!

Science Year 3
This unit is part of Year 3 Science Roots and Shoots

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Objectives

You have 3 scientific investigations to review and you need to gather all the data to give to Zinnia next session. It’s time to draw graphs, make drawings and write reports. Can you explain your findings?

Science Objectives

i) Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.

ii) Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.

Working Scientifically

  1. Report on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions.
  2. Use results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions.
  3. Use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.

Other Curriculum Areas
Maths - Statistics

  • Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables.

You Will Need

Provided Resources

  • Teaching PowerPoint
  • Plenary PowerPoint
  • Teachers’ notes
  • 2 task sheets – session resource (for medium and easy groups) task sheet 2 should be photocopied onto A3 paper

Additional Resources

  • Bean seedlings in our investigation and task sheets of data
  • Data loggers and software to display results in tabular and line graph form
  • Cut flowers and celery stems in coloured water from last session
  • A blunt food knife and chopping board per table
  • Graph paper, rulers, pencils, coloured pencils, pens

Lesson Planning

Teaching

  • Review the results of investigations and begin to draw conclusions.
  • Use scientific knowledge to explain findings.

Activities

  1. Review and discuss the data from the data loggers (light and temperature for 24 hrs) and explain patterns.
  2. Look at the results of the food dye experiment and draw conclusions on how water is transported in plants.
  3. Either draw graphs or write reports on findings and seek to explain and interpret results.
  4. Begin to learn about the 7 life processes common to all living things and tackle a class challenge to match scientific terms to pictures of each process.

Vocabulary
Data logger, table, line graph, bar graph, light levels, temperature, transported, results

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