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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Matter Matters!
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Force Knowledge Check
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of push and pull forces.
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Forces Revision
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise the forces covered in the unit.
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The Solar System Begins
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Sources of Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify kinetic, electrical and chemical sources of heat energy.
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Whatever Floats Your Boat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the force of buoyancy.
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The Force of Friction
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the force of friction.
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Forces in Play
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate push and push forces at work in the playground.
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Push and Pull Forces
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Changing States – Assessment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how adding and removing heat can cause solids and liquids to change states.
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Recycling Case Study – Soft Plastics
A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore how changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid can help in the process of recycling plastic.
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Removing Heat
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate what happens when heat is removed from a range of liquids.
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Adding Heat
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate what happens when heat is applied to a range of solids.
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Changing States
A 60-minute lesson in which students will observe how a change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat.
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The Three States of Matter
A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
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What State?
A 60-minute lesson in which students will establish that matter can be classified as solid, liquid or gas.
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Solar Electricity
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of solar panels and determine if they are a viable source of electricity.
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Shake, Rattle and Fall Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how building techniques can reduce the impact of earthquakes.
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Blubber Me Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how blubber works as an insulator.
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The Heat is On
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of heat energy and how it moves.
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Brilliant Bending
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can bend.
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Thermal Insulators - Keeping Out the Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate which materials are the best thermal insulators.
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Thermal Conductors - Feel the Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate which materials are the best thermal conductors.
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Moving Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the concept of heat transference.
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Liquids
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the observable characteristics of liquids and how they behave in different ways.
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What is Heat?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the concept of heat as a form of energy.
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Keeping Warm
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore prior knowledge and understanding of heat.
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What is a Fair Test? (Middle Years)
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Changing States of Matter Video – How Long Will It Take to Melt?
Watch this fun changing states of matter science experiment video with your Year 4 class, and skip the melty classroom mess!
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How Long Will It Take To Melt? | Changing States Unit Plan
Want a Changing States unit plan that teaches states of matter to young kids in fun, easy-to-understand ways? Look no further!