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Investigating - Finding Answers

In this KS1 Science quiz, you’ll collect simple data, count results carefully, and discover how numbers help you find clear answers to everyday questions.

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Fascinating Fact:

You find answers by counting, such as “Five children chose cats, three chose dogs, so cats are more popular.” Simple numbers can clearly show what most people like.

In KS1 Science, you learn to ask questions, collect information, and use counting to find answers. By looking at your results carefully, you can explain what the data is telling you.

Key Terms

Data: Information you collect, such as tallies, numbers, or choices.
Tally: A quick way of counting using straight marks in groups of five.
Conclusion: The answer or idea you decide after looking at your data.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do KS1 children find answers in science investigations?

KS1 children find answers by collecting simple data, such as tallies or votes, then comparing the numbers to see which result is greatest, smallest, or most common.

Why is counting important in KS1 science?

Counting is important because it turns observations into clear facts. Numbers help children see patterns, like which material was strongest or which pet was most popular.

What does drawing a conclusion mean for KS1 pupils?

Drawing a conclusion means using the results to answer the question asked. For example, if most tallies are for cats, the conclusion is that cats are most popular.

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1 .

Ella is investigating this question: ‘What is the best material for a bookshelf?’

What should she look for?

How transparent each material is

How absorbent each material is

How much each material bends when there are no books on it

How much each material bends with books on it

Which material are bookshelves usually made from?

2 .

Bella wants to know: ‘Are pencils alive?’ What should she do?

Try to feed a pencil

Put a pencil outside in the rain

Take a cutting of a geranium and see if that grows

Plant some pencils in soil and see if they grow

Pencils are made of wood. Pencils only ever get shorter!

3 .

Colours fade in the light. Lara wants to answer this question: ‘Which colour fades quickest in sunlight?’

What should she do?

Hold 4 pieces of cloth up to the light

Pour water onto 4 different pieces of cloth

Put 2 different colours of cloth in a sunny window. After a month see which has faded most

Put 4 different colours of cloth in a sunny window. After a month see which has faded most

Testing 4 different colours is better than just 2

4 .

Marco wants to know what most spoons are made from. He is going to count the number of metal, wood and plastic spoons. Where should he look?

At school

At home

In his classroom

At school and at home

The more places he can look, the better

5 .

Tanya has had a cold. She wants to answer this question: ‘Which type of tissue is most absorbent?’ What should she do?

Feel how rough each tissue is

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6 .

Sarah wants to find the answer to this question: ‘How deep should I plant bean seeds?’

Sarah plants some bean seeds all at different depths in the soil.

How will she know which has grown best?

Wait for all the beans to come up

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Measure the height of each bean after a month

Only keep the first bean to come up, and throw the others away

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7 .

Ayisha wants to answer this question: ‘Do plants grow better in pink plant pots than brown plant pots?’ What should Ayisha do?

Test 4 brown pots and 1 pink pot

Test 1 brown pot and 4 pink pots

Test only pink pots

Test 4 brown pots and 4 pink pots

That makes it a fair test

8 .

Sam has decided to investigate: ‘Which is the stretchiest modelling clay?’

Sam has 6 different modelling clays. They are all the same length to start with. He pulls them all with the same force.

What does Sam need to measure now?