📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice (Knowledge & Understanding)

WALT: We are learning to identify appropriate experimental concepts and data presentation for ecological investigations.

Success criteria: I can select correct definitions, choose suitable sampling and graph types, and name appropriate statistical tests.

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Practical Skills (Application)

WALT: We are learning to design simple investigations, present data graphically, and evaluate uncertainty.

Success criteria: I can identify variables and controls, draw an appropriate graph, describe trends, and suggest ways to reduce error.

a) Independent variable: _________

b) Dependent variable: _________

Identify the control, the independent variable (IV), the dependent variable (DV), and two variables that should be kept constant.

a) Draw an appropriate labelled graph of this data (choose axes and scale).

b) Describe the trend in one sentence:

🛠 Teacher Guidance & Learner Support

Differentiation strategies for diverse learners:

- Provide labelled diagrams and vocabulary list for students needing scaffolds.

- Offer sentence starters for short answers and allow oral responses where appropriate.

- Break tasks into smaller steps and give extra processing time for students with learning needs.

Dyslexia-friendly reading options:

- Use short, simple sentences and bold key terms. Provide a printed glossary of terms.

- Offer coloured overlays or change background to gentle cream for reading materials.

- Allow use of text-to-speech tools during the task.

Extension activities (advanced learners):

- Propose an additional variable (e.g. nutrient concentration) and outline a factorial design.

- Perform a simple statistical test (independent t-test) on two light-level groups and interpret the p-value.

Success criteria recap & marking hints:

- Award credit for correct identification of IV/DV/control, appropriate graph choice and labelling, and reasonable error-reduction suggestions.