WHIZZ POP BANG is a monthly magazine brimming with top-quality science for children aged six to twelve.
Our NEW downloadable resources link hands-on science experiments with key curriculum topics for years 2 to 6. The resources include lesson plans, hands-on investigations, PowerPoint presentations, games, science texts and guided reading comprehensions – all aimed at making science fun and engaging for children and teachers alike!
WHIZZ POP BANG is a monthly magazine brimming with top-quality science for children aged six to twelve.
Our NEW downloadable resources link hands-on science experiments with key curriculum topics for years 2 to 6. The resources include lesson plans, hands-on investigations, PowerPoint presentations, games, science texts and guided reading comprehensions – all aimed at making science fun and engaging for children and teachers alike!
Linking to the topics Earth and space pupils will be given a pretend sample from Mars and then take their own core samples. They will discover how scientists can use samples to learn information about a planet.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation to help run the lesson
An explanation text about Mars Rovers
A question sheet to fill in
A ‘Make a Mars Lander’ activity
Silly Science 7 minutes of terror activity
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Chocolate bars
An apple corer or plastic straws
Knife
Plate
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Contains lesson plan linked to the curriculum, PowerPoint that explains how we see, instructions to make a periscope and a writing frame for an explanation text with a diagram of the eye.
In this lesson pack for year 6 and P7, linking to the topic light and vibrations and waves, pupils will discover how light travels in straight lines and is reflected off of objects so we can see them. Pupils will learn about the different parts of the eye, including the cornea, lens, pupil, retina and iris. Using mirrors and a kitchen roll, pupils will investigate light by building a simple periscope.
This downloadable pack includes:
A lesson plan, complete with top tips for setting up the activity.
Printable instructions for the activity.
A PowerPoint presentation that explains how we see.
A writing frame for an explanation text with a diagram of the eye, to be used in English lessons.
Three speedy science activities.
Linking to the topics evolution and inheritance and biodiversity and interdependence, this lesson pack is for year 6 and P7. Pupils will investigate sea animals that lived millions of years ago. They will research the megalodon and consider which sea animal is distantly related to it.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Animal antics spread on the megalodon
Sea Monsters Safari text
Sharks animal antics text
Instructions to make a swimming megalodon
An investigation for P6, linking to the topic properties and changes of materials. Pupils will design their investigation to try to ‘save’ ice cubes. They will choose from different materials to wrap them in and decide how to measure the results.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation containing instructions for the investigation
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Water
Plates
Measuring jugs
Digital scales
Different materials to wrap the ice cubes in
An investigation for year 5 , linking to the topic properties and changes of materials. Pupils will design their investigation to try to ‘save’ ice cubes. They will choose from different materials to wrap them in and decide how to measure the results.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation containing instructions for the investigation
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Water
Plates
Measuring jugs
Digital scales
Different materials to wrap the ice cubes in
Are you looking for a fun but educational reward for your class? The science class party pack offers a unique way to reward your class while nurturing their enthusiasm for science. Create an atmosphere of celebration and curiosity with these hands-on, party-themed science activities. Your class will thank you for this memorable learning experience!
Included in the pack:
Six party-themed science activities
Printable instructions for your pupils to follow
All the scientific explanations on a separate sheet
Linking to the topics living things and animals and biological systems, this fun, lesson pack is aimed at year 6 and P7. Pupils will find out that yeast is in fact a fungi and will plan and carry out their own controlled investigation to answer the question, What does yeast need to grow?
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan with an explanation of the science behind the investigation
A PowerPoint presentation
Instructions to create a spore print.
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
sugar
salt
yeast
zip lock bags or balloons
Linking to the topic Earth and space year 5 pupils will learn about the largest moon which orbits Jupiter, Ganymede. They will find out what type of alien life scientists think they might discover and consider what adaptations it would need to live in the hostile environment of the icy sea. Pupils will design their own alien, either on paper or with modelling clay.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation
A Fact file on Ganymede
Various other reading resources about different moons.
This lesson pack for year 4, linking to the topic living things and habitats, explains how to group objects using observational skills. Pupils will create their own dichotomous classification chart.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan.
A PowerPoint presentation explaining how to create a dichotomous chart.
A perfoma to help some children.
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
In this lesson pack for year 5, year 6, P6 and P7, pupils will learn about sea defences, from hard engineering to soft engineering solutions which help fight against coastal erosion. Pupils will create their seaside and try out some sea defences.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation containing information about coastal erosion and sea defences
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Sand
Plastic trays
Pebbles or small stones
Small plastic water bottle
Blue food colouring
Linking to the topic ‘inheritance’, P7 pupils will extract DNA from fruit. A PowerPoint presentation explains what DNA is, and how to extract the DNA.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation explaining what DNA is
Printable instructions
In this lesson pack for year 5, linking to the topic forces, pupils will carry out a comparative test. Pupils will make their own simple pulley system and investigate whether it alters the force needed to lift an object.
This lesson pack includes:
A lesson plan with cross-curricular links
A PowerPoint presentation explaining how to make the pulley system
Printable instructions to make the pulley system
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Two identical cardboard bottles
Three plastic bottle tops
String
Heavy weights
Small buckets or large yogurt pots with handles
Toy to lift
Weights
In this lesson pack for P6, linking to the topic forces, pupils will carry out a comparative test. Pupils will make their own simple pulley system and investigate whether it alters the force needed to lift an object.
This lesson pack includes:
A lesson plan with cross-curricular links
A PowerPoint presentation explaining how to make the pulley system
Printable instructions to make the pulley system
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Two identical cardboard bottles
Three plastic bottle tops
String
Heavy weights
Small buckets or large yogurt pots with handles
Toy to lift
Weights
Linking to the topics ‘evolution and inheritance’ , year 6 pupils will extract DNA from fruit. A PowerPoint presentation explains what DNA is, and how to extract the DNA.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation explaining what DNA is
Printable instructions
An activity for year 3 linking with the topic plants. A hands-on lesson in which your pupils will learn about the role bees and insects play in pollination.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan linked to the curriculum
A PowerPoint presentation
Printable instructions
Printable flowers and bees for the activity
Instructions to create a waggle dance, like bees do!
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Two different coloured powders
Paintbrush
An activity for P4 linking with the topic Biodiversity and interdependence. A hands-on lesson in which your pupils will learn about the role bees and insects play in pollination.
This pack includes:
A lesson plan linked to the curriculum
A PowerPoint presentation
Printable instructions
Printable flowers and bees for the activity
Instructions to create a waggle dance, like bees do!
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Two different coloured powders
Paintbrush
This lesson pack for year 3, linking to the topics Rocks, explains how we know dinosaurs became extinct. This pack explains the K-Pg boundary and how fossils below it will have been from the dinosaur era. Pupils will build their own rock strata sandwich using bread, sweets and biscuits.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation explaining rock strata
Instructions to make their own rock strata sandwich
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Bread
biscuits
sweets and sprinkles
This lesson pack for P4, linking to the topicEarth’s materials, explains how we know dinosaurs became extinct. This pack explains the K-Pg boundary and how fossils below it will have been from the dinosaur era. Pupils will build their own rock strata sandwich using bread, sweets and biscuits.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation explaining rock strata
Instructions to make their own rock strata sandwich
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Bread
biscuits
sweets and sprinkles
In this lesson pack for year 3, linking to the topics Rocks, pupils will learn about the different types of rocks: metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous. They will speed up the rock cycle, which usually takes place over millions of years, by using chocolate!
This lesson pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
Instructions to make edible rocks
A PowerPoint presentation explaining the different types of rocks and the rock cycle
A foldable rock cycle
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
White and milk chocolate buttons
Foil
Cupcake cases
Bowl
Warm water
Linking to the topic animals including humans and , this is an exciting lesson for year 4 that your pupils will never forget! Lead a practical demonstration explaining how the human digestive system works (yes, really!) followed by a ‘build the digestive system’ game for your class to play.
This pack includes:
A differentiated lesson plan
A PowerPoint presentation explaining how the human digestive system works and containing instructions for the demonstration and the game
A printable game entitled ‘Race to the Loo’
Three guided reading spreads: How toilets work, interview with a scientist who turns poo into rocket fuel, and an incredible invention - the London sewage system
Simple to resource! The items you will need:
Orange juice
Brown bread
A banana
Paper Cups
Sealable plastic food bag
A pair of thin tights
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