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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.
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.
Muscles and skeletons facts
A list of statements about muscles and bones that children need to cut out and then sort into 'true' and 'false' piles.
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.
Understanding physical processes
This worksheet will help your child to use first-hand experience to answer questions and to recognise that when things speed up, slow down or change direction, there is a cause.
How fast do solids dissolve?
This activity encourages children to investigate at home which factors will make a difference to how fast a solid dissolves.
All about rocks
A worksheet encouraging children to match types of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) with their descriptions.
Step-by-step investigation
Use this worksheet to help your child plan an investigation into the amount of light different materials will allow through.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Experimenting with pitch
Suggestions for activities to try at home to help your child investigate factors that affect pitch.
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.