This week we want to tell you about what we do in A.L.L

Pataitai Pod students have been learning about Fake Snot this week. It has been an interesting topic with lots of children being fascinated about what we produce in our nose!!!

This is the process we follow when writing a Scientific Procedure:

Hypothesis - This is where we look at the materials we have and write down what we think will happen. 

Experiment - The teachers model the process to us so we know what to do. This is a really fun part because each group can get very different results from the experiment.

Question and Aim - The question must tell the reader what the topic is. The aim must tell the reader what we are trying to find out. 

Materials - We need to write down the materials we have used. When writing this, we need to ensure we use specific measurements of materials

Method - The next part of writing a good scientific procedure is to write down the method we used. This needs to be clear, complete and in a logical order so that if someone else does this experiment they will be able to follow our method.

Results - What actually happened when we did this experiment? What could you smell? How did it feel? Did the experiment give you some interesting results?

Conclusion - Why did this happen? This must be written as a scientific explanation using scientific vocabulary.

We have been talking in class about what makes a good scientific procedure. These are some of the criteria to help us:

* Includes all the steps for the scientific procedure

* Consistently uses the present tense for the method

* Consistently uses command verbs in the method

* Consistently uses the past tense for the results

* Consistently uses and understands scientific vocabulary

* Write precise sentences with detail

* Uses word banks for spelling and corrects unknown words

* Consistently includes full stops and capital letters