Prediction: During our discussion, a lot of children thought it actually had nothing to do with the amount of sugar but more to do with the thickness of the biscuit (Year 5 are carrying out this investigation so we are looking forward to finding out their results).
To start the new school year, all classes are carrying out a biscuit dunking investigation. We had the focus of whether the amount of sugar in a biscuit made any difference to the number of times it could be dunked. Prediction: During our discussion, a lot of children thought it actually had nothing to do with the amount of sugar but more to do with the thickness of the biscuit (Year 5 are carrying out this investigation so we are looking forward to finding out their results). Carrying out the investigation: Through using a branching key, we identified this type of investigation would be a fair testing one and so we had to make sure only one thing was changed (the type of biscuit) and everything else was kept the same e.g. the amount of water in the cup, the temperature of the water, the amount the biscuit was dunked in the water. The children carried out their investigation sensibly, working well with their partners to not only dunk the biscuits and then count and record their results in a table. Conclusion: After drawing a scatter graph, the children came to the conclusion that the amount of sugar in a biscuit didn't really have anything to do with the number of times it could be dunked. They still wondered if it had something to do with the thickness but from doing this investigation they also wondered if it had something to do with what was in the biscuits as the chocolate chip ones seemed to be able to be dunked the most and they were the only ones which had 'pieces' in them.
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