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The students use their senses to discover the properties of water. Students touch, smell, listen, taste, and look at water through a variety of hands on activities. Give each student a plastic cup of water. Seeing Ask the students to describe what the water looks like. What color is it? What happens when you place it against a piece of coloured construction paper? What happens if you add light to the side of the water container? Have a small torch and shine this through the water. Hearing

This is Part 2 of the remote control vehicle investigation. You will need to purchase the accompanying powerpoint that takes you through the investigation step by step. On the worksheet the students can plan their investigation, write a prediction, identify how they can ensure that they conduct a fair test and record their findings and data on a table.

This worksheet accompanies the powerpoint 'Investigating with a robotic arm'. Students will work in teams of two to move ten objects into a tray using their robotic arm. Students make a prediction, record how many objects for ten trials and draw a picture of the investigation.

The students make their own Scribblebots in teams of three. The following websites provide details on how to make a Scribblebot. http://www.life.org.uk/blog/make-at-home-scribble-bots/ http://www.mdsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Scribble-Bots.pdf http://www.life.org.uk/blog/make-at-home-scribble-bots/ Once the students have completed their Scribblebot's conduct a brainstorm with the students and record their ideas on how they could test out their Scribblebot's performance. Give each team ve

This is the student planning sheet to accompany the 'Team Investigation' outlined in part two of the Pressure series. Students follow the PROE strategy - students Predict, give a Reason for their prediction, Observe and record their findings in a table and construct a diagram and Explain what happened using evidence from their investigation.