Science
The principal focus of science teaching in lower key stage 2 is to enable pupils to broaden their scientific view of the world around them. They should do this through exploring, talking about, testing and developing ideas about everyday phenomena and the relationships between living things and familiar environments, and by beginning to develop their ideas about functions, relationships and interactions. They should ask their own questions about what they observe and make some decisions about which types of scientific enquiry are likely to be the best ways of answering them, including observing changes over time, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying things, carrying out simple comparative and fair tests and finding things out using secondary sources of information. They should draw simple conclusions and use some scientific language, first, to talk about and, later, to write about what they have found out.
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The State of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students classify a substance's state of matter by observing changes to its properties.
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Facts of the Matter PowerPoint Presentation
A 22 slide editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about the states of matter in Science.
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We Are Moving Project
An Earth and Space project that develops knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts, research skills and writing skills.
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Plant And Animal Adaptations PowerPoint
A 28 slide editable PowerPoint Template for teaching a unit on plant and animal adaptation.
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Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases – Worksheet
A cut and paste activity that explores the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations - Comprehension Task
A comprehension passage, with questions, about structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations.
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Rain Cloud in a Jar Experiment
An experiment to complete when learning about clouds.
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Cloud Graphing Activity
A worksheet to use when graphing cloud observations.
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Design Your Own Fair Test Worksheet - Middle Years
A worksheet to use when developing the concept of a fair test.
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Desert Word Wall Vocabulary
A set of desert related vocabulary word wall cards.
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Behavioural, Structural and Physiological Adaptations
4 posters showing the different types of adaptations.
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Class Garden Posters
A series of posters that remind students how to properly care for your class garden.
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Material World Cut-Out Decorations
Cut-out decorations to use on your materials display board.
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What's the Matter? Task Cards
An activity for students to use when learning about the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
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Forces Assessment
A three-page assessment for the lower grades, covering common push and pull forces.
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Colours of the Rainbow Poster
Teach the order of colours in the rainbow with this classroom poster and worksheet.
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Amphibians vs Reptiles Worksheet Pack
Compare Amphibians vs. Reptiles and their characteristics with our printable animal comparison worksheets.
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Types of Rocks Posters
Teach your students information about the three basic types of rock with a set of printable Types of Rocks Anchor Charts.
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Bird Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty-three bird related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Jack's Garden - Science Experiment
A Jack and the Beanstalk themed Science activity.
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Melting and Freezing - Worksheet
An activity to demonstrate how a change of state between solid and liquid (and back again) can be caused by adding or removing heat.
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Solids, Liquids and Gases – Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify solids, liquids and gases.
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States of Matter Experiment Worksheet
An experiment mixing a solid with a liquid to create a gas.
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Inherited versus Learned Behaviours Poster
A poster explaining the difference between inherited and learned behaviours.
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National Tree Day – Why Plant a Tree? Infographic
An infographic poster about the importance of trees in celebration of National Tree Day.
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National Tree Day – Word Hunt
A National Tree Day word search to use in the classroom.
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Push and Pull - Forces Worksheet
A worksheet using pictures to identify the correct force.
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Push and Pull - Vocabulary Worksheet
A worksheet with push and pull content vocabulary and definitions.
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Push and Pull - Forces Posters
Five posters for forces providing an explanation and pictorial examples.
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Push and Pull - Playground Forces Worksheet
A worksheet using forces in the playground.
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Push and Pull - Picture and Sentence Sort Worksheet
A worksheet matching push and pull pictures with sentences.
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Air Resistance Investigation
A hands-on investigation task that allows students to design, create, and evaluate the effectiveness of a parachute.