Evidence and Investigation is the focus of this Grade 6 Science resource, with students examining how question framing, fair investigation design, and measurement choices influence the strength of evidence collected from data. The resource also develops scientific reasoning around combining information from multiple sites and writing evidence-based conclusions.

What Students Practise

Students work with ideas that are central to interpreting environmental evidence: how investigation questions shape data collection, why fair design matters, how measurement choices affect evidence quality, and how data from different sites can be integrated while maintaining data provenance and cross-site comparability. They also practise constructing conclusions that use evidence while acknowledging limitations in integrated datasets.

Question and Activity Variety

The resource includes multiple-choice questions, true-or-false questions, short-answer responses, a reading passage, a matching activity, a cloze passage, an essay, and a “Did You Know?” section. This range gives students opportunities to recognise key ideas, interpret information, apply evidence-reasoning skills, and communicate scientific conclusions in different ways.

Included for Teachers and Students

• Student Notes & Lesson Summary supplement for reinforcing the core lesson concepts
• Teacher Guide with Learning Objectives, Teaching Tips, Discussion Questions, and Common Mistakes

Classroom Use

Use this Grade 6 environmental evidence worksheet as guided practice after instruction, independent science work, review, or a structured opportunity for students to demonstrate their reasoning. The Teacher Guide provides discussion prompts and teaching support, while the student supplement gives learners a concise reference for the lesson.

With its emphasis on evidence-based conclusions, integrated datasets, investigation design, measurement choices, and data comparability, this resource gives students focused practice connecting the way scientific investigations are designed with the quality of the evidence they produce. The stated framework is Alberta.