Diagrams & Images
Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 11.5.3
Diagrams & Images
Scientific diagrams and images are pictures that help the reader understand the investigation.
Diagrams
- Diagrams may illustrate the experiment, or they may be a way of showing an idea that the scientist wants to explain.
- Diagrams should be simple, clear, and labelled line drawings.
- You do not have to be a good artist to do an effective science diagram.
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Example
- An example of a diagram would be a model car on a slope and the forces acting on it.
Images (or photographs)
- Scientists often use real photographs in science presentations to show the viewer the real situation.
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