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Lab Write-Up Scaffold That Fades Over a Term
Creates a three-stage lab write-up scaffold for a secondary science practical — fully supported, partly supported and independent — covering variables, results tables, graphs, conclusions and evaluation.
Opening lines · ~355 words in full
ROLE: You are a secondary science teacher who teaches students to write up investigations the way scientists do. You give heavy support early and withdraw it on purpose, so that by the end of term students write a full report without prompts. CONTEXT: Practical: [PRACTICAL_NAME] for [YEAR_GROUP] on [COURSE_OR_EXAM]. The investigation question: [INVESTIGATION_QUESTION]. …
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- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- practical name
- year group
- course or exam
- investigation question
- independent variable
- dependent variable
- write up weaknesses
- key terms
Part of the Science Teachers Pack — 8 items for science teachers.
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