Scientific Investigation and Sustainability

Scientific Investigation and Sustainability

Course overview

This course helps Grade 6 students plan fair tests, identify variables, interpret data, and evaluate sustainability solutions. Students learn how scientists ask questions, use evidence, and compare possible answers before they choose the best explanation or the best environmental action.

What students will learn

• Turn a question into a fair test with clear variables.
• Use control and treatment groups to make comparisons.
• Read results and decide whether data supports a claim.
• Explain conclusions with evidence and reasoning.
• Compare natural resources, conservation, and renewable energy choices.

Lessons

• Fair Tests and Variables - Learn how scientists design a fair test and name the important variables.
• Data, Claims, and Conclusions - Learn how to read data, support a claim, and write a conclusion.
• Sustainability Solutions - Learn how conservation and renewable energy can help solve environmental problems.

Parent guide

Work through the course in order and keep the talk concrete. First focus on the test setup, then on the data, and finally on the environmental solution. Ask the student to explain each idea in their own words before moving to the next lesson.

Completion

A student finishes this course when they can design a fair test, explain a conclusion with evidence, and compare sustainability solutions using scientific reasoning.