Physical Sciences Teaching Resources
An extensive collection of physical sciences teaching resources to use in the classroom. Within this collection, you will find teaching resources covering topics such as electricity, forces, light and sound, magnetism, movement, physics and simple machine. Display and use the variety of physical sciences themed posters, worksheets, activities, unit and lesson plans, PowerPoint activities and vocabulary word wall cards when learning about the different facets of physical sciences.
- Plus Plan
Push or Pull? Interactive Sorting Activity
Explore push and pull forces with your students by playing this interactive sorting game for lower primary students.
- Plus Plan
Initiating a Scientific Investigation Worksheet
A worksheet to help the students begin the process of a scientific investigation.
- Plus Plan
Electricity Explained Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the concept of electricity.
- Plus Plan
Forces in the Playground Worksheet
Download this forces in the playground worksheet to help your students explore the pushes and pulls that make playground equipment fun!
- Plus Plan
Push or Pull? Colouring Worksheet
Use this push and pull colour-coding worksheet when exploring forces and motion with your early years students.
- Plus Plan
Electricity and Circuits Teaching Slides for Year 6
Use our editable teaching slides to break down the fundamentals of electricity and circuits for your students.
- Plus Plan
Force and Motion – Poster Pack
Display information about force and motion with this set of 12 vocabulary posters.
- Free Plan
Circuit Diagrams Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how to read and write circuit diagrams.
- Plus Plan
Which Force Is That? Worksheet
Use this forces worksheet to teach your Year 4 students about the common forces of friction, buoyancy and gravity.
- Free Plan
Introduction to Electricity Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the concept of electricity.
- Plus Plan
Electrical Insulators Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Discover the shockingly interesting world of electrical insulators with our downloadable reading comprehension worksheet.
- Free Plan
Fantastic Forces Comprehension Worksheet
Download this forces reading comprehension worksheet to teach your Year 4 students about push and pull forces.
- Plus Plan
The Force of Friction Teaching Slides
Teach your students facts about friction with this comprehensive and age-appropriate teaching presentation for primary school science lessons.
- Free Plan
Predict and Prove – Template
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
- Plus Plan
Push and Pull Sorting Activity
Use these push and pull sorting cards as a hands-on activity during your science lessons on forces.
- Plus Plan
In Living Colour Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how we see colour.
- Plus Plan
Push and Pull Sorting Worksheet
Use this push and pull sorting worksheet when exploring forces and motion with your early years students.
- Plus Plan
The Heat is On Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate your students' understanding of heat energy.
- Plus Plan
The Wonders of Circuits – Levelled Comprehension Worksheet Pack
Encourage your students to read and learn about circuits with this levelled worksheet pack.
- Plus Plan
Year 3 Sources of Heat Worksheet Pack
Learn all about different thermal energy sources with this set of heat worksheets.
- Plus Plan
Sound Energy Project (Rubber Band Musical Instruments)
Use this sound energy experiment to help your students visualise sound using everyday items.
- Free Plan
Heat Energy Word Search
Help students remember heat energy vocabulary with this word search.
- Plus Plan
Year 3 Heat Energy Vocabulary Cards
Explore heat energy vocabulary with this set of thermal energy vocabulary cards.
- Plus Plan
Buoyancy Experiment – Sink or Swim
Use this practical float or sink science experiment when teaching your students about why some objects float in water while others sink.
- Plus Plan
Friction Experiment – Sticky Friction
Use this engaging friction experiment when teaching your students about sliding friction and the effect it has on the movement of objects.
- Plus Plan
Magnets and Magnetism Teaching Slides
Teach your students how magnets and magnetism work with this comprehensive and age-appropriate teaching presentation for primary school science lessons.
- Plus Plan
Moving Heat Worksheet
A worksheet to help students understand how heat moves.
- Plus Plan
Refracting Light Task Cards
A set of 5 Task Cards with activities that allow students to observe the refraction of light.
- Free Plan
See Light Through Me Worksheet
A worksheet that explores classification of objects according to light transmission.
- Plus Plan
Science Experiment - Line Up the Light!
A science experiment which explores how light travels.
- Plus Plan
Heat Energy Sources Interactive Activity
Help students identify different sources of heat energy with this engaging, interactive activity.
- Plus Plan
The Force of Friction Comprehension Worksheets
Download this friction worksheet to teach your Year 4 students about the force of friction and its impact on our daily lives.
- Physical Sciences Worksheets
- Physical Sciences Posters
- Physical Sciences Teaching Presentations
- Physical Sciences Projects
- Physical Sciences Games
- Physical Sciences Word Walls
- Physical Sciences for Foundation Year
- Physical Sciences for Year 1
- Physical Sciences for Year 2
- Physical Sciences for Year 3
- Physical Sciences for Year 4
- Physical Sciences for Year 5
- Physical Sciences for Year 6
- Physical Sciences for Year 7