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Year 2 · Science

Performing Simple Tests

Year 2 learners practise how to plan a fair test in science.

The activities include Identify an Aim, Prediction, Measurement or Variable, Learn How to Make Investigations Fair, Learn Some Key Terms Used in Investigations, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Identify an Aim, Prediction, Measurement or Variable
  • Learn How to Make Investigations Fair
  • Learn Some Key Terms Used in Investigations
  • Plan a Simple Investigation
  • Understand How to Conduct an Experiment

Checked learning resources

  • Comparative and Fair Testing KS1 Science Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Directly playable KS1 concept video teaches the practical method for planning and conducting a fair comparative test, including aims, predictions, equipment, measurements and changing one variable.

  • BBC Bitesize: Working Scientifically KS1

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS1 teaching on questions, predictions, observations, fair tests, measurements, variables, recording results and conclusions.

  • Science Investigation Planning Sheets

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Primary science teaching and practice sheets explain investigation vocabulary and guide an aim, prediction, equipment list, measurement, variable, fair-test method, results and conclusion.

  • Will It Float or Sink? KS1 Science Experiment

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 1 and Year 2 practical method pack provides materials, step-by-step instructions and a learner recording sheet for planning and conducting a fair test, making a prediction, observing and measuring results, comparing