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Investigating animal homes
Think about all the ways our houses protect us. Now think about animals or bugs living in your garden or house. Where do animals and bugs like to live? Draw a picture and/or write the name of their home. Cut out all the cards and make two piles, one for creature cards and one for house cards; mix them up. Pick one card from each pile. Would a mouse like to live in a fish pond? Would a frog like to live in a bee hive? Why?
Bird watch
Have a look at the different trees in your neighbourhood and find one birds like to land in. Why might the birds have chosen that tree? Does it have a nest in? Then draw a picture of the tree and label your picture with all the reasons why you think this is a good tree for birds to nest in.
What is good food?
A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
How an electrical circuit works
A worksheet designed to illustrate the fact that a circuit must be complete for electricity to flow and a bulb to work.
Investigating and comparing materials
Develop your child's understanding of materials and their different properties.
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.
Investigating what bodies can do
Help your child learn about the human body and what it can do with this great worksheet.
Electricity dangers
A worksheet to prompt children to think about the dangers of electricity and how they could warn others about this.
What's in our food?
A sheet encouraging children to look at the ingredients in different food and consider which are healthy and which are not.
Know your body and its parts
This activity is a fun way to help your child to learn about the human body and its parts.
Heating and cooling
An investigation to determine what happens when you heat and then cool down different foods. Children are then encouraged to record their results.
My bean growing diary
Your child will enjoy growing their own bean and keeping a record of its progress with this fun diary.
How an electrical circuit works
A worksheet designed to illustrate the fact that a circuit must be complete for electricity to flow and a bulb to work.
Which is the best insulator?
An experiment for children to do at home, which will illustrate the meaning of insulation.
Make a pinwheel
Making a pinwheel will help your child understand air power, as well as offering a great opportunity for a spot of decoration. You'll need a push pin or straight pin and a pencil with a rubber on the end as well as our pinwheel template.