{"id":111531,"date":"2020-01-01T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grammarsaurus.co.uk\/portal\/?p=111531"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:25:55","slug":"year-6-science-living-things-and-their-habitats-what-is-classification-how-can-we-plan-our-investigation-optional-investigation-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grammarsaurus.co.uk\/portal\/2020\/01\/year-6-science-living-things-and-their-habitats-what-is-classification-how-can-we-plan-our-investigation-optional-investigation-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 6 Science &#8211; Living things and their habitats \u2013 What is classification? How can we plan our investigation? &#8211; Optional investigation plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>This is an investigation lesson written to follow on from the practical activity in Lesson 4.\nThis lesson leads the children through the planning process of investigating nutrition and yeast respiration. Depending on the make up of the class, teachers may wish to conduct the investigation as planned through the slides or , ask the children to plan a different investigation based on one of the other variables (e.g. yeast sensitivity to temperature) using the planning sheet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 an editable lesson plan\n\u2013 editable presentation\n\u00a0- editable investigation sheet\n-National curriculum objectives:\nWorking scientifically UKS2 will:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary\ntaking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate\nrecording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs\nusing test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests\nreporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations\nidentifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Updated to the Grammarsaurus Curriculum 2.0...<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Hello,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Downloads are for members of <span style=\"color: #800080\">Grammarsaurus\u00a0<\/span>only.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Please sign up below or login if you are already a member.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\n<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <form name=\"mepr_signup_form\" id=\"mepr_signup_form\" class=\"mepr-signup-form mepr-form\" method=\"post\" action=\"\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111531#mepr_jump\" 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                   <option\n                    value=\"AX\" >&#197;land Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AL\" >Albania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DZ\" >Algeria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AD\" >Andorra<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AO\" >Angola<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AI\" >Anguilla<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AQ\" >Antarctica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AG\" >Antigua and Barbuda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AR\" >Argentina<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AM\" >Armenia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AW\" >Aruba<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AU\" >Australia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AT\" >Austria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AZ\" >Azerbaijan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BS\" >Bahamas<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BH\" >Bahrain<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BD\" >Bangladesh<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BB\" >Barbados<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BY\" >Belarus<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BE\" >Belgium<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PW\" >Belau<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BZ\" >Belize<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BJ\" >Benin<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BM\" >Bermuda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BT\" >Bhutan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BO\" >Bolivia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BQ\" >Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BA\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BW\" >Botswana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BV\" >Bouvet Island<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BR\" >Brazil<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IO\" >British Indian Ocean Territory<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VG\" >British Virgin Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BN\" >Brunei<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BG\" >Bulgaria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BF\" >Burkina Faso<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BI\" >Burundi<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KH\" >Cambodia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CM\" >Cameroon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CA\" >Canada<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CV\" >Cape Verde<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KY\" >Cayman Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CF\" >Central African Republic<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TD\" >Chad<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CL\" >Chile<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CN\" >China<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CX\" >Christmas Island<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CC\" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CO\" >Colombia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KM\" >Comoros<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CG\" >Congo (Brazzaville)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CD\" >Congo (Kinshasa)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CK\" >Cook Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CR\" >Costa Rica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HR\" >Croatia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CU\" >Cuba<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CW\" >Cura&Ccedil;ao<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CY\" >Cyprus<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CZ\" >Czech Republic<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DK\" >Denmark<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DJ\" >Djibouti<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DM\" >Dominica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DO\" >Dominican Republic<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"EC\" >Ecuador<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"EG\" >Egypt<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SV\" >El Salvador<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GQ\" >Equatorial Guinea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ER\" >Eritrea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"EE\" >Estonia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ET\" >Ethiopia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FK\" >Falkland Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FO\" >Faroe Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FJ\" >Fiji<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FI\" >Finland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FR\" >France<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GF\" >French Guiana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PF\" >French Polynesia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TF\" >French Southern Territories<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GA\" >Gabon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GM\" >Gambia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GE\" >Georgia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DE\" >Germany<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GH\" >Ghana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GI\" >Gibraltar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GR\" >Greece<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GL\" >Greenland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GD\" >Grenada<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GP\" >Guadeloupe<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GT\" >Guatemala<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GG\" >Guernsey<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GN\" >Guinea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GW\" >Guinea-Bissau<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GY\" >Guyana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HT\" >Haiti<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HM\" >Heard Island and McDonald Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HN\" >Honduras<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HK\" >Hong Kong<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HU\" >Hungary<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IS\" >Iceland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IN\" >India<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ID\" >Indonesia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IR\" >Iran<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IQ\" >Iraq<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IE\" >Republic of Ireland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IM\" >Isle of Man<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IL\" >Israel<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IT\" >Italy<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CI\" >Ivory Coast<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JM\" >Jamaica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JP\" >Japan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JE\" >Jersey<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JO\" >Jordan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KZ\" >Kazakhstan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KE\" >Kenya<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KI\" >Kiribati<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KW\" >Kuwait<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KG\" >Kyrgyzstan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LA\" >Laos<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LV\" >Latvia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LB\" >Lebanon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LS\" >Lesotho<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LR\" >Liberia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LY\" >Libya<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LI\" >Liechtenstein<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LT\" >Lithuania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LU\" >Luxembourg<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MO\" >Macao S.A.R., China<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MK\" >Macedonia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MG\" >Madagascar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MW\" >Malawi<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MY\" >Malaysia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MV\" >Maldives<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ML\" >Mali<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MT\" >Malta<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MH\" >Marshall Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MQ\" >Martinique<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MR\" >Mauritania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MU\" >Mauritius<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"YT\" >Mayotte<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MX\" >Mexico<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FM\" >Micronesia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MD\" >Moldova<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MC\" >Monaco<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MN\" >Mongolia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ME\" >Montenegro<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MS\" >Montserrat<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MA\" >Morocco<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MZ\" >Mozambique<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MM\" >Myanmar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NA\" >Namibia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NR\" >Nauru<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NP\" >Nepal<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NL\" >Netherlands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AN\" >Netherlands Antilles<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NC\" >New Caledonia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NZ\" >New Zealand<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NI\" >Nicaragua<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NE\" >Niger<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NG\" >Nigeria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NU\" >Niue<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NF\" >Norfolk Island<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KP\" >North Korea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NO\" >Norway<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"OM\" >Oman<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PK\" >Pakistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PS\" >Palestinian Territory<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PA\" >Panama<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PG\" >Papua New Guinea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PY\" >Paraguay<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PE\" >Peru<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PH\" >Philippines<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PN\" >Pitcairn<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PL\" >Poland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PT\" >Portugal<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PR\" >Puerto Rico<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"QA\" >Qatar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RE\" >Reunion<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RO\" >Romania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RU\" >Russia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RW\" >Rwanda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BL\" >Saint Barth&eacute;lemy<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SH\" >Saint Helena<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KN\" >Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LC\" >Saint Lucia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MF\" >Saint Martin (French part)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SX\" >Saint Martin (Dutch part)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PM\" >Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VC\" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SM\" >San Marino<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ST\" >S&atilde;o Tom&eacute; and Pr&iacute;ncipe<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SA\" >Saudi Arabia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SN\" >Senegal<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RS\" >Serbia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SC\" >Seychelles<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SL\" >Sierra Leone<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SG\" >Singapore<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SK\" >Slovakia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SI\" >Slovenia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SB\" >Solomon Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SO\" >Somalia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ZA\" >South Africa<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GS\" >South Georgia\/Sandwich Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KR\" >South Korea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SS\" >South Sudan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ES\" >Spain<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LK\" >Sri Lanka<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SD\" >Sudan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SR\" >Suriname<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SJ\" >Svalbard and Jan Mayen<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SZ\" >Swaziland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SE\" >Sweden<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CH\" >Switzerland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SY\" >Syria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TW\" >Taiwan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TJ\" >Tajikistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TZ\" >Tanzania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TH\" >Thailand<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TL\" >Timor-Leste<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TG\" >Togo<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TK\" >Tokelau<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TO\" >Tonga<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TT\" >Trinidad and Tobago<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TN\" >Tunisia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TR\" >Turkey<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TM\" >Turkmenistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TC\" >Turks and Caicos Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TV\" >Tuvalu<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"UG\" >Uganda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"UA\" >Ukraine<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AE\" >United Arab Emirates<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"US\" >United States (US)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"UY\" >Uruguay<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"UZ\" >Uzbekistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VU\" >Vanuatu<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VA\" >Vatican<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VE\" 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