Science Investigations Skills Mountain for years 1 – 8. It’s designed to be stuck in the front of the children’s science books to help both the child and teacher know what their next step is. They also include definitions of all the main key vocabulary that the children should know. I have found these so useful in helping me plan my science lessons and my children have really benefited, as they have been able to have more of a focus within their science. Contents - Level 1 – 2 Skills Mountain - Levels 2, 3, and 4 Skills Mountain - Levels 3, 4, and 5 Skills Mountain

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising The Rock Cycle. It’s a great way to have students review their vocabulary of the topic and not even realise that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack contains two Cootie Catchers with a second copy for each one included if you would like students to fill the definition for each key word themselves. Vocabulary included: - Weathering - Deposition - Rock Cycle - Sediment - Sedimentary Rock - Igneous Rock - Rock - Metamorphic Rock Folding and playing directions are also included. Have fun! ------------------------

This is a great investigation if you’re looking at animal adaptations or the human body. Children will investigate whether our physical appearances effect our ability to do different tasks, answering question such as ‘do people with longer legs run faster?’ These investigation can then lead onto a discussion about how animals have adapted to be better at things to help them survive. </br> Contents: 6 x investigation cards 2 x differentiated investigation plan template 2 x differentiated results table </br> ----------------------------------- Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store Saving The Teachers and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Grab the magnifying glasses, binoculars, and pond nets to explore the habitats in your school grounds / outdoor space. Your class will see how many different habitats they can spot and which animals are lurking there. In pairs, get your class to walk around to see how many different habitats they can spot. They should fill in the differentiated record sheets as they go. For each habitat that your students identify they can use the available equipment to find and record any animals that might be living there. Some students may find it easier to draw pictures of the animals that they find. Contents Teacher’s guide 4 x differentiated resource sheets Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

36 visual Weather and Water Cycle Vocabulary Cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They are a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this exciting topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid. Contents - 36 X Weather & Water Cycle Vocab Cards - Display Title - 2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own) Vocabulary Included - Water Cycle - Evaporation - Condensation - Transpiration - Groundwater - Clouds - Surface Runoff - Water Vapour - Humidity - Precipitation - Due Point - Cool Air - Air Pressure - Atmosphere - Beaufort Scale - Cirrus Clouds - Climate - Cumulonimbus Clouds - Equator - Flood - Front - Global Warming - Hurricane - Jet Stream - Lightning - Meteorologist - Overcast - Seasons - Snow - Storm - Thunder - Tornado - Typhoon - Visibility - Wind - Waterspout ----------------------------------- Enjoy!

16 visual Rock Cycle Vocabulary Cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They are a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this exciting topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid. Contents - 16 X Key Vocab Cards - Display Title - 2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own) Vocabulary Included - Metamorphic Rock - Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock - Weathering - Deposition - Rock Cycle - Sediment - Rock - Magma - Lava - Extrusive Rocks - Intrusive Rocks - Acid Rain - Fossils - Earth’s Crust - Earth’s Mantle ----------------------------------- Enjoy!

This diary writing & research project is a great way to get your class learning about and having fun with first person narrative in the form of diary writing (recounts) in the outdoors. This differentiated resource has been used very successful with grades 2 – 5 (years 3 - 6). The children are to choose a min-beast and spend a few days finding, exploring, and researching their chosen mini-beast. They will then have great fun planning and writing a diary entry for their chosen mini-beast based around ‘a day in the life of’. Contents: - Teacher’s Guide - Mini-Beast Identification Sheet - 2 x differentiated drawing sheets - Instructions Sheet - Diary Extract Eample - 2 x differentiated research templates - 1 x Diary Writing Checklist - 1 x planning sheet - 2 x Differentiated writing checklists This resource is a great way to get the children exploring the outdoor while learning about a key writing style. ----------------------------------- Enjoy!

18 visual forces and motion vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They are a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this exciting topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid. Contents - 18 X Key Vocabulary Cards - Display Title - 2 X Blank Cards (for the children to create their own) Vocabulary Included - Force - Friction - Speed - Velocity - Pulley - Acceleration - Balanced Force - Unbalanced Force - Gravity - Isaac Newton - Air Resistance - Streamline - Magnetic - Simple Machine - Work - Lever - Effort Arm - Resistance Arm ----------------------------------- Check out our other Word Walls: Weather & The Water Cycle The Rock Cycle ----------------------------------- Enjoy!

Floating and sinking in the outdoors so a fantastic way to investigate this topic. This activity works perfectly as the first lesson for floating and sinking or just as a fun stand-alone lesson on a nice afternoon. For this activity the children will head outside with a bowl of water to collect natural objects and predict and test whether they float or sink. They can then fill in their table with their results before thinking about reasons behind their results. Contents: Teacher’s Guide Letter from Captain Smitty (the hook) 2 x differentiated results tables Conclusion questions Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Mix up your electricity topic with this activity where your class will explore the conductivity of items in the outdoors. After making a simple circuit, they’ll head outside and place objects within the circuit to test whether they are conductors or insulators, completing the table before analysing their results and starting to produce some simple conclusions. Contents Teacher’s guide Circuit diagram 2 x differentiated results tables 2 x differentiated results and conclusion questions Please don’t forget to rate this resource and provide feedback if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising states of matter. It’s a great way to have students review their vocabulary of the topic and not even realise that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack includes a two complete cootie catchers where they need to figure out the definition, another two where they need to figure out the key vocabulary, and another two where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing. There is a black and white copy of each sheet included. Vocabulary included: Cootie Catcher 1: Solid Liquid Gas Matter Melting Evaporating Compensating Mass Cootie Catcher 2: Freezing Point State Boiling Point Matter Sublimation Evaporation Condensation Mass Folding and playing directions are also included. Have fun! Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising forms of energy. It’s a great way to have students review their vocabulary of the topic and not even realise that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack includes a complete cootie catcher where they need to figure out the definition, another where they need to figure out the natural disaster, and another where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing. There is a black and white copy of each sheet included. **Vocabulary included: ** Absorption Electrical Energy Energy Heat Light Energy Mechanical Energy Sound Energy Thermal Energy Folding and playing directions are also included. Have fun! Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this investigation your class will have a look at how our actions can impact local wildlife, encouraging them to think about what kind of habitats certain animals and plants thrive in. Throughout this study students will develop their investigation, observation, and statistic / data handling skills as they leave an area of maintained grass untouched for a few weeks and observe the changes that happen. This investigation fits in really well if you are looking at living things, habitats, or sustainability. To set up this investigation you need to find an area of grass which has been well maintained (cut regularly) that you have permission to corner off (1 meter square per group) and leave untouched for a few weeks. Contents: Teacher’s Guide Investigation Planning Sheet Results Table (before) 2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (before) Results Table (After) 2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (after) 2 x Differentiated Bar Chart Templates (comparison) 2 x Differentiated Evaluation Question Sheets Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for learning or revising microorganisms. It’s a great way to have students review their vocabulary of the topic and not even realise that they’re learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack includes a complete cootie catcher where they need to figure out the definition, another where they need to figure out the key vocabulary, and another where they must complete the definitions themselves before playing. There is a black and white copy of each sheet included. Vocabulary included: Bacteria Decomposers Decomposition Fungi Germ Hygiene Reproduce Virus Folding and playing directions are also included. Have fun! Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for electric circuit symbol recognition. It’s a great science lesson starter or activity that will improve your class’ symbol recognition without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the blanks must be completed before playing the game. Contents: 2 x completed cootie catchers 2 x blank cootie catchers Blank template (for them to create their own!) Folding and playing directions as well as B&W copies are also included. Have fun! Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it, Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

It’s time for your class to put their detective’s hats on and go on a mission to figure out who eats what. This resource is split into three differentiated activities, each of which involve your class finding animals and trying to figure out what it is through observation, any clues in the area, and prior knowledge. Contents: Teacher’s guide 3 x differentiated resource sheets Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great activity around Halloween, if you’re looking at living things, or just as a fun team building / problem solving outdoor activity. Your students will hunt out and take a close look at a spider’s web before working as a team to create their own human web using string or wool. First, get your class to find a spider’s web (ideally with a magnifying glass) and draw a picture of it on the sheet, looking carefully at the small details. Once they have completed the sheet, give each group (of 3 or 4) some string / rope and scissors and ask them to go find two trees or posts that are close to each other. They will use the trees / posts to create their human webs, thinking carefully about the design of the spider’s web they looked at. Once they have finished they can draw their web or take a picture and stick it on the sheet. It can be useful to give your class a lesson on simple knots before doing this activity. Equipment: 2 x human web sheets Magnifying glasses String / rope Scissors Camera (optional) **Check out our other outdoor Halloween resources: ** My Magical Potion Magical Masks Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Develop your class’ report writing by getting them to observe nature in the world around them. They will head outside to find an animal to produce a report on, gathering their information through close observation and research. Once they have decided on their animal, they need to begin their research through observation, books, and the internet, recording their findings on the sheets. It is best if your students have access to magnifying glasses for this activity. When the research is complete, they can then write their report using the templates, or create their own unique design. It is good for students to go outside and capture their own photos to use within the report. Resources needed: Research sheets Differentiated template sheet Magnifying glasses Books / technology for research (optional) This resource can work well in pairs where students are able to support one another. Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this cross-curricular (science and math) activity your students will create a map of where to find different plant species in a chosen area. In order to draw the map, your class will use appropriate equipment to measure the different features of the area, working out the perimeter and area of each feature. They will then use technology and books to identify the plants they can spot and mark it on their maps. In order to provide enough resources, this activity is best done in pairs or small groups. Resources needed per group or pair: Activity pack Trundle wheel (or equivalent) iPads or tablets (for a plant identification App) Plant identification books or posters Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!