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Important update from TheSchoolRun
For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.
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Year 4 Physical processes worksheets
Evaporation and condensation
Look at the cards and diagram. Can you complete the diagram to show the reversible changes of condensation and evaporation?
Electricity in our homes
Choose a room in your house and find all the things that use electricity to make them work. Can you find and draw the electricity source (the plug, switch or battery)? Remember: things that run off batteries also use electricity! If you are drawing light switches, add lines to show the wires which must run up to the light to make it work (even if they are hidden)
Create your own electrical warning sign
Look at electrical warning signs. What do you think they are trying to tell us? Now create your own electricity warning sign.
Condensation investigation
There is water in air! This simple experiment will help you to quickly see this.
Complete the water cycle
Look at this diagram. Where does the water come from? Where does it go? Can you complete the diagram using the labels below?
Changing liquids and solids investigation
Complete this investigation about changing liquids and solids and record your observations.
Understanding light reflection: Build your own periscope
Mirrors change the direction of light and reflect it. We can demonstrate this practically by making a periscope. Light is reflected from one object into a mirror and then onto the other mirror before reaching your eyes. Collect your materials and find out for yourself!
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!
Make a telephone
Have fun with your child whilst they learn more about sound and its properties.
Circuits and conductors
A cutting out and re-ordering activity, where your child needs to match vocabulary on electricity with the correct definition.
Circuits and conductors true or false
A list of statements on circuits and conductors that children need to think about and then sort into the 'true' and 'false' boxes.
Circuits quiz
A list of quiz questions for children to test their knowledge of circuits.
Solids and liquids quiz
A quiz involving questions about solids and liquids for children to test their knowledge with.
Solids, liquids and gases
This worksheet involves cutting out scientific vocabulary regarding solids, liquids and gases and matching it to its definition.
Temperature and heat
Vocabulary regarding temperature and heat for children to cut out and match with the correct definitions.
Thermal insulators and thermal conductors
A worksheet for children to cut out the names of different materials and then put them into the columns 'thermal insulator' and 'thermal conductor'.
Changing sounds: vibrations
An activity sheet with ideas for things to do at home that demonstrate the connection between sound and vibrations.
Changing state: condensation
A worksheet with activities your child can try at home to demonstrate the process of condensation.
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.
Proving that air exists
Activities for your child to do at home that will demonstrate the fact that air exists.