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Year 3 Science topic pack
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Year 3 Science topic pack

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This set contains resources for the 5 different science topics in Y3. The resources include powerpoint lessons, worksheets, display and outline planning documents.
Year 1 Science topic pack
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Year 1 Science topic pack

10 Resources
A set of resources for all Science topics covered in Y1 - includes powerpoint lessons, activities, display, outline plans etc.
Minibeast cards - for display, activities, observations etc
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Minibeast cards - for display, activities, observations etc

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This set of cards includes 56 general minibeasts (mainly ones found in the UK); 10 UK butterflies and 10 of the UK's most common spiders. Also included in each set is an A4 heading. The cards can be printed out for classification activities, observation,sorting activities etc.
Healthy Eating display
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Healthy Eating display

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A set of resources for display about Healthy Eating and different food groups. It includes food group posters, blank food group posters, images of different types of food that can be used for display or card games, headings and lettering.
Year 6 Science KS2 Evolution and Inheritance  topic pack : powerpoint lessons
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Year 6 Science KS2 Evolution and Inheritance topic pack : powerpoint lessons

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A set of powerpoint lessons looking at evolution and inheritance. POWERPOINTS: FOSSILS AND CHANGE: What fossils are and how we get information from them HUMAN VARIATION: Similarities and differences in humans INHERITANCE AND VARIATION: Variation in offspring - how children are not identical to their parents. EVOLUTION: simple explanations of how plants and animals adapt to their environment and how this may lead to evolution. NATURAL SELECTION: survival of the fittest and how the neck of giraffes became longer. HABITATS AND ADAPTATION: Different types of habitat and the types of life they host. ACTIVITY: Families and offspring pictures Plus an outline adaptable medium term plan with activities and web links
Minibeasts / Insects for EYFS / KS1: PowerPoint lessons, activities and display pack
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Minibeasts / Insects for EYFS / KS1: PowerPoint lessons, activities and display pack

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POWERPOINTS ANTS:10 page presentation, includes where they live, body parts, life cycle, ant attacks, and food. BUTTERFLIES: 15 page presentation, includes parts of a butterfly, life cycle of a butterfly, butterfly eggs, caterpillars, what caterpillars eat, how caterpillars change, what do butterflies eat, how do they fly, why are they different colours, and camouflage. EARWIGS: 11 page presentation, including how they grow, what they eat, where they live, are they pests, how they are born, and interesting facts. FLIES: 12 page presentation, includes what they eat, life cycle, houseflies, horseflies, mosquitos, crane flies, dung flies, and hoverflies. HONEY BEES: 10 page presentation, includes what they eat, where they live, arethey pests, bee stings, life cycle, what they look like close up, how they make honey, and a bee rhyme LADYBIRDS:10 pages, includes where they live, what they eat, life cycle, enemies, facts and a rhyme. SLUGS AND SNAILS: 9 page presentation, includes where they live, what they look like, how they move, life cycle, what they eat, and what eats them. SPIDERS: A 22 page presentation, includes spider body parts, legs, eyes, mouth, predators, webs, spiderlings, different types of common spiders - house spider, garden spider, woodlouse spider, wasp spider, spitting spider, and tarantula. WOODLICE: 7 page presentation, including where they live, are they insects, what do they look like, what do they eat, does anything eat them, and life cycle. WORMS: A 13 page presentation, includes can worms see, where they live, how they move, what and how they eat, how they breathe, their enemies, and how they are good for the soil. MINIBEAST FACT FILE: 24 page presentation, recapping different minibeasts I KNOW AN OLD WOMAN WHO SWALLOWED A FLY: -the rhyme DISPLAY resources A-Z LETTERING: Plus numbers and letters with a minibeast/leaf fill MINIBEASTS BANNER: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets MINIBEASTS DISPLAY BORDER: Attractive border to print out to frame your displays INSECTS LETTERING: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets. You can cut the letters out out or display it as a banner MINIBEASTS LETTERING:Prints onto 3 A4 sheets. You can cut the letters out out or display it as a banner NUMBER LINE: Ant number line to 20 LIFE CYCLES: 3 pages - the life cycles of a bee, butterfly and fly. ACTIVITIES CARDS - WORDS AND PICTURES: Match the words to the minibeast pictures. 16 different minibeasts, 32 cards in total MINIBEASTS FLASH CARDS: 39 different flash cards with photographs of common minibeasts. They can be used as cards or for display. MINIBEAST CLIPART: Colourful clipart to print MINIBEAST COLOURING: Large black and white pictures to colour WRITING BORDER: Minibeast writing border; lined and unlined TOPIC COVER: To colour in - 2 versions, insect/minibeasts
Year 6 Electricity science topic - powerpoint lessons, activities and display pack
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Year 6 Electricity science topic - powerpoint lessons, activities and display pack

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A set of resources to assist practical investigations when learning about electricity and simple circuits. POWERPOINTS CIRCUITS AND ELECTRICITY: Asks questions to recap on learning from Year 4, to see if children have the appropriate background knowledge. It explains electricity and how it will only flow when it has a complete circuit. It talks about batteries as a source of electricity and introduces the use of symbols for creating circuit diagrams. CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS: Goes into circuit diagrams in more detail, showing different symbols, and different circuits, explaining how bulbs can be made brighter etc. Ends with questions about circuits and asks how the children can test out their answers. ACTIVITIES AfL, to record what they know / would like to find out Circuit recording sheet Circuit cards (to make pictorial representations of circuits) Topic cover x 2, with and without a picture DISPLAY A-Z lettering Banner Cards - circuit symbols Vocabulary cards INVESTIGATION AND RECORDING SHEETS A folder of sheets for recording and investigations Plus an adaptable medium term plan, with web links
Year 6 science - Light - powerpoint lessons, worksheets and display pack
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Year 6 science - Light - powerpoint lessons, worksheets and display pack

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A set of IWB lessons, worksheets, activities, planning and display resources to teach about light, shadows, reflection and refraction following the objectives in the new science curriculum. The pack includes: POWERPOINTS: SEEING LIGHT: Recaps on previous learning, that the sun is the main source of light, and looks at other sources of light. It explains how light travels in straight lines and demonstrates how we can see objects when light reflects off them. SHADOWS: Discusses how shadows are formed, and how they are changed when the source of the light moves. REFLECTION, REFRACTION & LIGHT PHENOMENA: Explains how periscopes work, how objects seem to change when they are under water, how rainbows form, how soap bubbles reflect light, how coloured filters work, what night vision is, and briefly looks at other types of light that the children might have heard of. WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITIES: Topic cover x 2 Concept worksheet Worksheet to explain about light Investigation cards to inspire different investigations DISPLAY: A4 Title A-Z lettering Vocabulary INVESTIGATION: A folder of blank investigation and recording sheets, plus bar charts Plus a medium term plan with activities and web links
Year 5 science Properties and changes of materials - powerpoints, worksheets and planning
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Year 5 science Properties and changes of materials - powerpoints, worksheets and planning

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A set of resources for the new science curriculum. It contains: 1a. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC - LO: To find out what the children already know about materials. WORKSHEET: A sheet for the children to record what they already know and what they would like to find out about materials. 1b. MATERIAL PROPERTIES - LO: To compare and group everyday materials together POWERPOINT: A look at 12 different properties of materials, with examples of the materials with those properties. It can also be printed out for display. WORKSHEET 1: Material properties worksheet 2. DISSOLVING - LO: To know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution POWERPOINT: Explains the meaning of dissolve and gives examples of different materials that can be dissolved. 3. SEPARATING A MIXTURE - LO: To use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated. POWERPOINT: Looks at different mixtures and how they can be separated, including sieving, filtering and evaporating. 4. USES OF EVERYDAY MATERIALS - LO: give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials POWERPOINT: Asks the children to study objects to see what properties different materials have. Asks questions about which properties and materials would be best for making certain objects. 5 & 6. REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE OBJECTS - LO: look at dissolving, mixing and changes of state, and reversible and irreversible changes. POWERPOINT: Explains the meaning of reversible and irreversible changes, giving examples of each. Ends with a quiz where the children have to decide what changes have taken place to certain materials. 7. MATERIALS QUIZ: Recap of all the learning objectives. POWERPOINT : A quiz WORKSHEET : Sheet for recording quiz answers WORKSHEET : Sheet for recording what they have learnt OTHER RESOURCES A-Z lettering, with a picture background A4 Properties and changes of materials title Materials banner/lettering to cut out Materials topic booklet front cover - with space for children to draw their own design. Vocabulary PowerPoint - can be used as a show and printed out for display. Photo cards - 12 objects made from different materials Investigation and recording sheets - A folder of blank tables, graphs and planning and recording sheets Year 5 Materials medium term planning: An outline of the activities and learning objectives with websites and ideas. It can be added to and amended for your own use.
Year 5 science - Forces - powerpoints, worksheets, planning  & investigation sheets
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Year 5 science - Forces - powerpoints, worksheets, planning & investigation sheets

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A set of resources for the new science curriculum, looking at different aspects of forces such as air resistance, water resistance, friction, gravity and mechanisms. It contains: 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC - LO: To find out what the children already know about forces POWERPOINT: A recap of previous learning from Year 3. WORKSHEET: A sheet for the children to record what they already know about forces. 2. FALLING TO EARTH - LO: Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object POWERPOINT: A look at gravity and explanations of weight, newtons, and how forces can balance objects to keep them from falling. WORKSHEET 1: Force meter recording sheet WORKSHEET 2: Falling objects and gravity recording sheet 3. FRICTION - LO: Identify the effects of friction that act between moving surfaces POWERPOINT: Explains what friction is, when it happens and how useful it can be in daily life. WORKSHEET: Friction recording sheet 4. WATER RESISTANCE - LO: Identify the effects of water resistance that act between moving surfaces POWERPOINT: Explains what water resistance is and what effects it can have. Looks at different shapes and how high or low the water resistance would be for each. WORKSHEET: Water resistance recording sheet 5. AIR RESISTANCE - LO: Identify the effects of air resistance that act between moving surfaces POWERPOINT: Explains air resistance and how it can slow different objects down. Looks at ways in which it can be useful and situations where it is important. WORKSHEET 1: Air resistance activity WORKSHEET 2: Weight in water and air recording sheet 6. LEVERS, PULLEYS AND GEARS - LO: Recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect. POWERPOINT: Looks at and explains each mechanism in turn, giving examples of each and how forces are altered by them. 7. FORCES RECAP POWERPOINT 1: A recap of all the learning covered in the topic POWERPOINT 2: A quiz WORKSHEET 1: Sheet for recording what they have learnt WORKSHEET 2: A quiz answer sheet, can be used for assessment. OTHER RESOURCES A-Z lettering, with a picture background A4 Forces title Forces topic booklet front cover - with space for children to draw their own forces design. Vocabulary powerpoint - can be used as a show and printed out for display. Writing sheet Investigation and recording sheets - A folder of blank tables, graphs and planning and recording sheets Year 5 Forces medium term planning: An outline of the activities and learning objectives with websites and ideas. It can be added to and amended for your own use