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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.
Designing for a purpose
Let your child use their imagination to create a camouflage outfit, helping them explore ideas about designing for a purpose.
Investigation floating and sinking
An activity to bring to life the concept of floating and sinking to Reception-age children. Also includes a table for recording.
Design a healthy menu
A worksheet to prompt children to think about how to incorporate healthy food types into their daily diet.
What is a living thing?
A brainstorm sheet to encourage children to write down everything they know about living things.
Light and shadows facts
This worksheet gives facts about light and shadows that children need to read and then work out whether they think they are true or false.
Animal habitats
A grid for children to fill in what they know about the habitats of different animals.
Understanding food chains
Vocabulary related to food chains for children to cut out and then match to the correct definitions.
Predictions and conclusions: life cycles
A worksheet showing the predictions and conclusions of an experiment into life cycles. Includes questions to encourage children to use their investigative skills.
Key Stage 2 - 2009 Science SATs papers
This complete Science SATs papers pack will help your child to prepare for their science SATs test and assessments.
Micro-organisms: observing mould on food
A simple activity your child can carry out at home in order for them to see micro-organisms in the form of mould developing on different food types.
Illustrate a plant's life cycle
Your child will learn all about the life cycle of a plant and what plants need to grow with this fun worksheet.
Experimenting with forces
Develop your child's understanding of forces with an experiment to demonstrate the workings of a jet engine whilst encouraging scientific discussion.
Match the baby animal
Introduce your child to the names of baby animals and help them to match them to the pictures of adult animals.
Design your own forces investigation
A worksheet to prompt children into carrying out an investigation into the force exerted by water on different objects.
What is good food?
A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
Magnets quiz
Questions about magnets for children to think about and / or research.
Circuits and conductors
A cutting out and re-ordering activity, where your child needs to match vocabulary on electricity with the correct definition.
Using data to reach a conclusion
This worksheet shows the results of an experiment into friction. It has questions below to prompt children to think about what the results mean and draw their own conclusions.
Proving that air exists
Activities for your child to do at home that will demonstrate the fact that air exists.
Animals and their habitats
This worksheet encourages children to investigate why certain animals are adapted to their habitats.