Year 5 Physical processes worksheets
Understanding light reflection: Build your own periscope
Mirrors change the direction of light and reflect it. We can demonstrate this practically by making a periscope. Light is reflected from one object into a mirror and then onto the other mirror before reaching your eyes. Collect your materials and find out for yourself!
Understanding friction: Build your own balloon hovercraft
When a moving surface slides on a stationary surface it rubs against it, which slows it down. This is due to friction, a force which resists the movement of one object sliding past another. Understand more about friction with a fantastic practical project: make your own balloon hovercraft!
Gravity explained
Deepen your child's understanding of gravity and offer an opportunity to illustrate that understanding.
Forces investigation: comparing data
Results of an investigation involving forces for children to answer questions on.
Friction investigation
Help your child to plan an investigation into friction using the grid on this worksheet.
The benefits of friction
Worksheet prompting your child to design a poster letting people know about the beneficial effects of friction.
What is friction?
Worksheet with a list of statement about friction which children need to sort into 'correct' and 'incorrect' boxes.
Comparative sizes of the Earth, sun and moon
An activity for your child to try at home to help them get a clear understanding of the comparative sizes of and distances between the Earth, Sun and moon.
The difference between solids, liquids and gases
Worksheet showing the difference between solids, liquids and gases and encouraging children to find objects and describe them.
Learning about forces
This science worksheet is aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils and will help your child to develop their science skills by using first-hand experience to answer questions.
Investigating floating and sinking
Activity encouraging children to use objects around the home to demonstrate floating, sinking and the upthrust force of water.
Can you separate solids from liquids?
This experiment helps children to understand that sometimes a solution of a solid and a liquid can be separated by evaporation.
Non-reversible changes: burning
A worksheet to encourage children to think about how everyday objects change when they are lit or burnt.
Reversible changes: heating and freezing
Some examples of changes made by heating or freezing. Children need to work out whether these are reversible or non-reversible. Some can be tested at home.
Counting forces: experiment with a ball
A fun way to introduce your child to the concept of gravity and its effect on objects.
Understanding gravity
This worksheet encourages children to look at pictures and then express their understanding of gravity. There is an answer sheet to follow.
Guess that sound
In this entertaining activity your child will learn all about sounds.
Observing forces – pushes and pulls
A fun worksheet that will help your child grasp the concept of forces.
Understand how day and night occur
An ingenious experiment that will demonstrate how day and night occur in simple terms.