Y5 Props, Changes Materials My Everyday Science

My Everyday Science KS2 cards can help you teach NC Y5 Properties & Changes of Materials lessons through children working-scientifically, using household/kitchen resources. They prompt questioning, explorations and investigations and, if printed, don’t rely on Internet access. They can be used for home learning, blended learning, science clubs or lesson ideas.

This download includes:

• English National Curriculum indexed Teacher pack (including 90+ child-friendly cards covering all KS2 Science topics and easy Ctrl+click navigation)
• Easy-print version of Teacher pack (with A5 BW cards, NC index and navigation)
• Zip file containing My Everyday Science Y5 Properties & Changes of Materials PDF cards (child-friendly version)
• Zip file containing Teacher’s, Parent’s/Carer’s and children’s cards (for home/blended learning) and special cards A-E which focus on WS skills and inspiring children.

The 2013 English National-Curriculum-linked cards in this pack include:

• Keeping Warm or Cold: To investigate the best materials for keeping something either warm or cold
• What conducts electricity?: To explore a simple circuit
• Magnetic Attraction: To investigate magnets and magnetic forces
• Marvellous Materials: To explore the properties and uses of different materials
• Dissolving and Crystals: To investigate what substances dissolve in water and grow your own salt crystals
• Evaporation and Boiling: To investigate how evaporation depends on temperature or another variable
• Separating Stuff: To devise and carry out a multi-step process to separate ingredients from a mixture
• Melting and Freezing: To investigate how substances change when you heat or cool them
• Reversible or Irreversible?: To identify physical and chemical changes and test which changes can be reversed

Safety Note: I have tried to include only practical work that I consider safe for children to do under the supervision of parents/carers and with prior instructions from a teacher. Every child and home circumstance is different, so I assume no liability for the actions or activities of anyone who uses the information contained in this resource, or for injuries or damage to property caused by using this information. Both teachers and parents/carers should read any cards before the children start carrying out the activities contained in them and teachers should undertake a risk assessment of any practical investigations.

I hope this resource is useful to you, your students and any other teacher friends you want to freely share them with, both in the immediate short-term and as a model for a creative and aspirational teaching approach in the long-term!