How can you tell they’ve got it: Writing Science Reports?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Writes a structured scientific report including aim, hypothesis, method, results, conclusion, and evaluation using appropriate scientific vocabulary; Uses SI units and standard form consistently throughout a report; Explains what peer review is and why replication by independent researchers is essential for scientific claims to be accepted. Or just try it together: Could your child write up an experiment with all the right sections and scientific language, and explain why a scientific discovery isn’t accepted straight away — describing what peer review means and why other scientists need to repeat the experiment?

Science Scientific Inquiry Ages 13–14

Writing Science Reports

Your child can write a full science report — aim, method, results, and conclusion. They know a finding is only trusted once other scientists check and repeat it.

In curriculum terms

Communicate scientific findings in a structured report using appropriate scientific vocabulary, SI units, and standard notation; describe how peer review and replication contribute to the reliability of scientific knowledge

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Writes a structured scientific report including aim, hypothesis, method, results, conclusion, and evaluation using appropriate scientific vocabulary
Uses SI units and standard form consistently throughout a report
Explains what peer review is and why replication by independent researchers is essential for scientific claims to be accepted

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Try this together

Could your child write up an experiment with all the right sections and scientific language, and explain why a scientific discovery isn’t accepted straight away — describing what peer review means and why other scientists need to repeat the experiment?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Drawing conclusions from evidenceages 12–13Scientific reporting at KS3 requires first being able to draw sound conclusions and evaluate experimental quality

Controlling variablesages 11–12A full structured report covers all stages from hypothesis to conclusion — grounded in the experimental design topic

Developed Informational and Explanatory Writingages 11–14Writing a structured secondary-level scientific report requires the informative/explanatory writing skills taught in English — logical organisation, precise vocabulary, and supporting detail

Research & Source Evaluationages 11–14A scientific report drawing on multiple sources and peer-reviewed literature requires the summarising and source-integration skills developed in English

Writing Science Reportsthis skill · ages 13–14

Unlocks

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits beyond Year 6 in the Australian Curriculum, so no F–6 code is matched. It also sits beyond the NSW K–6 syllabuses. It also sits beyond Level 6 in the Victorian Curriculum.

Nearby on the map

Drawing conclusions from evidenceages 12–13 Tables, charts, and graphsages 12–13 Controlling variablesages 11–12 Repeated tests for reliabilityages 11–12

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