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What stores and transfers energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one store into another. In these pictures, which items do you think use energy? Which ones store energy? Do they all store/use the same type of energy? Cut them out and sort them into groups.
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!
Super scientist quiz
Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Plan a scientific investigation
This worksheet encourages children to read through a plan of an investigation and decide where the problems might be.
Friction investigation
Help your child to plan an investigation into friction using the grid on this worksheet.
Changing sounds: vibrations
An activity sheet with ideas for things to do at home that demonstrate the connection between sound and vibrations.
The water cycle
A cutting and sticking activity to help reinforce children's knowledge of the water cycle.
Food chains and interdependence
A cut out and stick activity that encourages children to think about which animals eat which plants and animals. They need to arrange these into food chains with arrows pointing the correct way.
Understanding gravity
This worksheet encourages children to look at pictures and then express their understanding of gravity. There is an answer sheet to follow.
Build a metal detector and learn about magnetism
Extend your child's understanding of magnetism by helping them build a metal detector.
Planning healthy meals
Encourage your child to plan three healthy meals and then to do the opposite and plan three unhealthy meals.
Keeping warm investigation
This worksheet prompts your child to think about how they would plan an investigation into keeping warm.
Changing state: condensation
A worksheet with activities your child can try at home to demonstrate the process of condensation.
Useful gases around us
A worksheet encouraging your child to research into how different gases are used to help us in everyday life.
Harmful micro-organisms
This download prompts your child to think about the harmful micro-organisms that are killed by cleaning products.
Gravity explained
Deepen your child's understanding of gravity and offer an opportunity to illustrate that understanding.
Rocks and soil facts
This worksheet encourages children to read through the list of statements about rocks and soils and then decide whether they are true or false.
Moving and growing
A list of questions to prompt children into thinking further about moving and growing and the importance of the skeleton.
Changing state: evaporation
A worksheet with pictures of the process of evaporation. Children need to write in the boxes what they think is happening in each picture.
Investigate the principles of forces
This worksheet will help your child experience the basic principles of forces such as pushing/pulling, gravity, and friction.
How animals are adapted to their habitat
This worksheet encourages children to think about animals in the desert and research how they are adapted to life in that habitat.
A balanced shopping list
On this worksheet, children need to sort different foods into their groups.
Select material properties
A worksheet to help your child think about the properties of different materials, with prompt words at the bottom.