Teaching Resource
Now I Understand PowerPoint - Building a Solid Conclusion for an Experiment
An educational teaching presentation introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
Use this teaching resource when the students are writing a conclusion in their classroom science experiments using the scientific method.
The R.E.R.U.N. method of writing a scientific conclusion is based on the following:
- Restate – What was the aim of the experiment?
- Explain – What was the experiment trying to find out?
- Results – What are the results of the experiment?
- Uncertainty – What were the uncertainties, errors or uncontrolled variables?
- New – What did you learn and how can you take this knowledge further?
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- ST1-1WS-S
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
- ST2-1WS-S
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
- ST3-1WS-S
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
- ST3-2DP-T
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
- ST1-1WS-S
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
- ST2-1WS-S
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
- ST3-1WS-S
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
- ST3-2DP-T
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCSIS082
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules
- VCSIS082
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules
- VCSSU073
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives
- VCSIS065
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge
- VCSIS065
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge
- VCSIS053
Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information
- VCSIS053
Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information
- VCSIS053
Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information
- VCSIS054
Compare observations and predictions with those of others
- VCSIS054
Compare observations and predictions with those of others
- VCSIS054
Compare observations and predictions with those of others
- VCSIS055
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
- VCSIS055
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
- VCSIS055
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
- VCSIS088
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
- VCSIS088
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
- VCSIS072
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language
- VCSIS072
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACSHE050
Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships
- ACSIS232
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
- ACSIS110
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
- ACSIS231
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
- ACSIS093
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
- ACSHE081
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions
- ACSIS064
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge
- ACSIS071
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations
- ACSHE061
Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships
- ACSIS053
With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge
- ACSIS060
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations
- ACSHE021
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
- ACSIS042
Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways
- ACSIS041
Compare observations with those of others
- ACSIS040
Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions
- ACSIS038
Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions
- ACSIS037
Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
- ACSHE034
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
- ACSIS029
Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways
- ACSIS213
Compare observations with those of others
- ACSIS027
Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions
- ACSIS025
Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions
- ACSIS024
Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
- ACSHE098
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions

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