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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.
Drawing pictures of each season
A worksheet encouraging you and your child to look at and discuss how our clothes and behaviour change with each season.
Harmful micro-organisms
This download prompts your child to think about the harmful micro-organisms that are killed by cleaning products.
Understanding gravity
This worksheet encourages children to look at pictures and then express their understanding of gravity. There is an answer sheet to follow.
Be a scientist
This activity will develop your child's imagination and design skills.
Understand how day and night occur
An ingenious experiment that will demonstrate how day and night occur in simple terms.
Blindfold Feeling Game
Help your child to use their sense of touch to feel different hard and soft objects and then try to guess what they are.
Starting to collect data
Encourage your child to ask people about their favourite toys and record the information on this simple table.
Materials and their properties
A grid for you and your child to record what you find out about the properties of different materials.
Forces investigation: comparing data
Results of an investigation involving forces for children to answer questions on.
Using scientific equipment
Use this worksheet to help your child plan an investigation into rock permeability.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
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.
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.
Design a healthy living poster
An activity to help your child identify ways to lead a healthy life.
Understanding light and dark
A worksheet designed to help your child investigate and understand light and dark.
Blindfold Smelling Game
Help your child to use their sense of smell to work out which food or drink is put in front of them.
Understanding my body
A worksheet to help children think about the names of the parts of the body and write the words on a picture.
Natural or man-made
Worksheet to prompt your child to consider whether different objects are natural or man-made.
Good and bad scientists
A list of statements for children to look through and decide which are true of good scientists.