Critique evidence resources

Decide if a described investigation is a fair test, and explain the decision. Assessment focus: identifying fair testing.

Students answer two multiple choice questions about fair testing in the context of static electricity.

Students are given an outline of an investigation on heat loss from two different shaped objects (a cube and a sphere). They answer questions on variable control, repeat trialling, and they then graph data from this investigation.

Task: Identify how features/adaptations of a starfish help it survive, and decide whether the amount of evidence from scientists' observations supports or does not support their theory/inference. Assessment focus: using observations as evidence to inform theories.