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QCA

Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 5D: Changing state
Section 5: Interpreting results on evaporation

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to make careful measurements, recording them in tables and graphs
  • to identify trends in results and use these to draw conclusions, indicating whether the results support the prediction
  • to explain conclusions in terms of scientific knowledge and understanding

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Discuss results with the children and help them to present them as a graph. Compare results from different investigations and ask children what the results show about the factors affecting evaporation, to make generalisations and to try to explain eg the warmer the place, the faster it evaporates; washing dries better on a windy day, I know this because the water evaporated faster by the open window than in other places.
  • with help in choosing what to do, present results in a graph eg showing volume of water against number of days for each container
  • compare results to draw conclusions eg this one went down faster than that one. This means the water in the container with the large opening evaporated faster than in the other ones. This is what I expected, the larger the opening the faster it evaporated

Points to note

Children should be encouraged to make generalisations of this kind from results they collect.

Sections in this unit

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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction
2. Water evaporation
3. Evaporation of other liquids
4. Planning to investigate evaporation
5. Interpreting results on evaporation
6. Drying and evaporation
7. Condensation
8. Finding condensation
9. Boiling
10. Observing melting
11. Reversible changes of state
12. The water cycle