1. Try the skill
Why is ‘the sponge changed shape when I pushed it’ clearer than ‘it changed’?
AC9S1I06 • Homework
Communicating scientific ideas worksheet
Use this printable homework sheet for written working, application and reflection alongside the online learning activities.
Open practiceSkillrHub · AC9S1I06 · Year 1
Make your science report useful to someone else
Name: __________________________ Date: ______________
Show your thinking with objects, drawings or words. An adult may read the instructions aloud.
Use the first two questions in class and the last two for homework or independent practice.
2. Try the skill
Which label helps a drawing of a measured plant: ‘nice’ or ‘height: 6 blocks’? Explain.
3. Apply and explain
Describe one safe observation using the sentence ‘I observed __ when __.’ Add a labelled drawing.
4. Apply and explain
Write one sentence comparing the car's two distances in the model above.
Check answers and explanations
Answer guide · AC9S1I06
- It tells the reader what was tested, what was done and what was observed.
- ‘Height: 6 blocks’ communicates an observation and its unit.
- Accept a clear observed object or change linked to an action or condition, with relevant labels.
- For example, ‘The car travelled farther on the board: 9 blocks compared with 4 blocks on the rug.’
If help is needed: Do not write a prediction as if it were a result. Use ‘I predict’ before a test and ‘I observed’ when reporting evidence.