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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Which Force Is That? Worksheet
A group of worksheets to use when revising common forces.
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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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Exploring Plants PowerPoint
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template exploring the characteristics of plants in our environment.
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National Tree Day – Word Hunt
A National Tree Day word search to use in the classroom.
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Fantastic Forces – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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How to Save Water Poster
A poster highlighting different ways to save water.
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The Water Cycle - Sort Worksheet
A worksheet for students to sequence the steps of the water cycle.
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Living or Non-Living? Worksheet
A worksheet that explores living and non-living things.
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Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sort
A sorting activity that requires students to identify renewable and non-renewable forms of energy.
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Bird Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty-three bird related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Push and Pull - Playground Forces Worksheet
A worksheet using forces in the playground.
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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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Species Snapshot Worksheet - Naked Mole Rat
A comprehension worksheet for a species snapshot magazine article about the naked mole rat.
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Forces in Play PowerPoint
A teaching presentation comparing different forces involved in play.
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Throwing, Dropping, Bouncing, Rolling - Science Experiment
A science experiment which investigates the relationship between multiple forces acting on a single object in various ways.
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Forces and Motion Page Border
A page border with a forces and motion theme.
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Science Experiment Recording Sheet
A recording sheet to use when completing a Science experiment.
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Working Scientifically Knowledge Check Worksheet
A worksheet used to check the students' knowledge of working scientifically.
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Parts of A Plant Worksheet
A worksheet highlighting the different parts of a plant.
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Behavioural, Structural and Physiological Adaptations
4 posters showing the different types of adaptations.
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Sound Word Wall Vocabulary
Twenty-seven sound vocabulary cards.
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Science Experiment - Speed Racer
A science investigation in which the students investigate how to use thrust force to increase the speed of a model car.
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Science Experiment - States of Matter
A science experiment that investigates how a substance's state of matter can be changed.
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Forces Assessment
A three-page assessment for the lower grades, covering common push and pull forces.
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Vertebrates and Invertebrates Animal Classification Poster
A poster that classifies a selection of vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Living and Non-Living Sorting Activity
Sort 32 picture tiles by whether they are living things or inanimate objects.
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Light Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty light related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Push and Pull Forces - Title Poster
A poster to use on your Push and Pull Forces display board.
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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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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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Solids, Liquids and Gases – Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify solids, liquids and gases.