In this lesson, students will learn the key stages of the human life cycle- prenatal, baby & child, adolescent & puberty, adult & old age. They will learn key information about each stage and be quizzed on this at the end. Their task will then be to create a timeline using the key facts learnt to begin the topic.
A knowledge organiser for Animals including Humans is included.
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Electricity is a type of energy that can build up in one place or flow from one place to another. Electricity is the flow of electrons.
In this lesson, students will learn what electricity is through engaging slides, video clips and scientific explanations. They will learn the difference between static and current electricity, where electricity comes from and how it is measured.
Following this, students will complete the writing task and will then write and record their own videos explaining what electricity is in their own words. Ideas will be given and example videos for this.
By the end of the lesson, they will have a high level of understanding of electricity.
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In this lesson students will learn how plants and animals have evolved over time according to natural selection of evolution.
They will look at some examples of adaptive traits of plants and animals and will come up with their own. They will also create their own plant and animal they believe would be well suited to the habitats shown. They will consider Darwin’s contribution to this knowledge and how humans have evolved over time.
A knowledge organiser for Evolution and Inheritance is included.
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In this lesson, students will work towards the objective: To understand how space travel has progressed and how rockets work.
They will look at how space travel has progressed over time through the timeline slides and will be quizzed on what they have learnt. Following this, they will learn how rockets are made and how they work in great detail through videos and text. Finally, they will be supported in creating their own rockets from film containers to practically see the science in action!
The engaging presentation- with links to online video clips and an experiment sheet are all provided. A knowledge organiser for Earth & Space is also included.
This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.
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In this lesson, students will recap on the key areas of Properties and Changes of Materials using the PowerPoint slides and will look at testable questions they can investigate in their own experiments.
They will be guided how to plan and carry out an experiment into one of these questions and how to draw conclusions from their results.
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In this lesson, students will work towards the objective: To explain the movement of the Moon.
They will learn about the Moon’s Lunar Cycle and how this links to its orbit around the Earth. They will be given detailed explanations for each phase as well as what the surface of the Moon looks like as a map. They will then match up descriptions with each phase and will create their own Lunar Cycles using potato prints.
The engaging presentation- with links to online video clips and an activity sheet are all provided. A knowledge organiser for Earth & Space is also included.
This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.
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In this lesson, students will work towards the objective: To identify key facts about the planets in our solar system.
They will be introduced to the eight planets and learn key facts about each one including which are the gas planets and which are rocky planets. They will learn about asteroids and comets and will complete their own independent research task on each planet in terms of key features.
The presentation- with links to online video clips and planet research sheet are all provided. A knowledge organiser for Earth & Space is also included.
This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.
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Light is electromagnetic radiation which is visible to the human eye. In this lesson, students will learn about how light is reflected off different objects. They will investigate the angle of incidence and learn about periscopes. A presentation, lesson plan and investigation sheet to follow is included.
This lesson is aimed at Year 6 students but can easily be modified to suit lower KS2 or KS3.
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Electricity is a type of energy that can build up in one place or flow from one place to another. Electricity is the flow of electrons.
In this lesson, students will learn how electricity is measured and what voltage is. They will learn that citrus fruits can be used as a battery to power electrical current and will investigate which citrus fruit is best to use.
A writing frame will be provided for the experiment as well as an engaging powerpoint presentation to support them through the learning.
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This knowledge organiser details the key vocabulary included in this unit as well as key knowledge around the development of the different stages of the human life cycle: prenatal, baby, child, adolescent, adult and senior. This is a useful document to use as a display, knowledge organiser or support sheet.
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In this unit of lessons, students will improve their ‘working scientifically’ skills by carrying out different investigations with a focus on presenting their results in different ways e.g. bar charts, scatter graphs, line graphs.
All of the National Curriculum objectives for Year 5&6 working scientifically skills are covered in the 6 lessons and an overview plan is provided which outlines the resources needed for each lesson as well as the key areas covered.
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In this lesson, students will learn that regular exercise keeps our heart and lungs healthy, and our bones and muscles strong. They will learn about the different types of exercise and will categorise different examples. They will learn all the key benefits of exercise linking also to the circulatory system before investigating the effect of exercise on their heart rate.
They will take this further and investigate a hypothesis and will have to organise their experiment as well as record and present their results.
A knowledge organiser of the unit is included.
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In this lesson, students will learn that there are three parts of the circulatory system: the heart, blood vessels and blood. They will look at blood vessels in detail as well as what the components of blood are through engaging PowerPoint slides, video and an online resource. They will be quizzed on what they have learnt.
They will then create their own blood using different materials practically (instructions provided) before investigating different blood disorders.
A knowledge organiser is included for the unit.
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This bundle includes lessons on the following:
Lesson 1- Plant Reproduction
Lesson 2- Animal Reproduction
Lesson 3- Amphibian & Insect Life Cycles
Lesson 4- Mammal & Bird Life Cycles
Lesson 5- Natural Scientists
All lessons come with a knowledge organiser, engaging powerpoint, video clip links and related activity sheets.
These lessons are intended for Year 5 students but can be easily modified to suit all of KS2 and KS3 students.
Light is electromagnetic radiation which is visible to the human eye. In this lesson, students will learn about refraction of light and when it occurs. They will be shown examples of refraction in real life, such as in heat haze and mirages. They will then set up their own experiments to further investigate refraction with examples of investigations given. This is to challenge them to use their scientific enquiry skills.
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The lesson powerpoint, experiment help sheet and lesson plan are included. This lesson is intended for Year 6 students but can easily be modified to suit lower KS2 and KS3.
Electricity is a type of energy that can build up in one place or flow from one place to another. Electricity is the flow of electrons.
In this lesson, students will learn about electricity and its potential dangers. They will learn where electricity comes from and how it is measured. They will look at electrical safety and the appropriate measures to take when around electricity. Finally they will design a poster warning of the dangers of electricity and giving safety tips.
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In this pack of activities, you will get the following task sheets in a 25 page booklet!
All about ‘me’ activity sheets
General getting to know my class and classroom sheet
Maths from Year 5 recap
Science topics from Year 5 recap
English- holiday recount writing
Art task to sketch a portrait of your partner
DT teamworking task to build a structure using spaghetti and marshmallows
Geography local area research task
History ordering dates on a timeline
This booklet is perfect for Year 6 pupils returning to school!