This science activity gives pupils the opportunity to test everyday materials in the real life context of designing and make a plane. Pupils are given the chance to test on a range of materials and sort them into groups based on which part of a plane they would be most suited to. This resource is part of a series...

This resources provides six lessons on everyday materials aimed at Year 1. Explore different materials and sort them into groups before writing songs based on their properties! Consider what it would be like if the tables were made of jelly or the chairs were chocolate! Then recreate the story of the three little...

This block of resources provides 6 sessions on materials aimed at Year 2. They explore the useful properties of materials with a range of investigations involving absorbency and flexibility.  These include activities for finding out which type of kitchen towel or cloth is most effective at mopping up spills,...

This activity introduces children working at primary level to ideas about evolution in the context of habitats and the environment. Children think of several possible features they would like humans to evolve and discuss how they would help us to survive more easily in modern habitats. They then design an...

This collection from Evolution Megalab introduces students to Darwin’s ideas on evolution by looking at variation, adaptation and distribution of banded snails. Evolution Megalab is a Europe-wide survey of banded snails in gardens and public open spaces. It is a data gathering study of snail habitats, their shell...

This collection of resources support learning about STEM subjects using the context of exploring Mars. Using the context of the ExoMars mission, activities link to areas of the curriculum including: science, design and technology, and computing. There are...

This activity pack, aimed at children aged 5-11, contains a range of different activities based on the theme “Explore the future”. The activities cover a mixture of topics including; including: Earth and Space, food, the water cycle, forces, magnets, energy and the environment.

Designed either for use in...

This booklet, from Science Community Representing Education (SCORE), offers a range of practical activities and experiments for use in the classroom. Most are aimed at Key Stages One and Two students but a small number are provided for Key Stage Three to highlight the...

This resource contains six activities that link to Everyday Materials – with a focus on exploring the changes materials can undergo. They are designed for use with mixed age groups classes of Year 1 and 2. Activities include:

• observing ice melt and exploring what happens to the particles when things...

The ten activities within this pack investigate environmental issues including: the greenhouse effect, recycling, sustainable energy sources and thermal insulation. Aimed at primary level, they are designed either for use in class or within a science week or club. The activities promote investigative work and...

Published by the Wellcome Trust in September 2011, this report aimed to find a deeper understanding of young people’s attitudes to science education, particularly regarding the value young people place on science education (for themselves as individuals and for society in general), as well as the key factors...

This ten book series from Ruby Tuesday Books covers the entire programme of study for science at Key Stage 1. The series will be supported with free downloadable teacher resources.

Fascinating explanations of natural phenomena and hands-on opportunities to observe and investigate the world around them, will...

The activities in this resource aim to help children to try a range of new fruits, to understand that eating a balanced diet can keep us healthy and to perform simple food skills safely such as peeling, cutting with a knife and mixing ingredients to make a fruit salad. This session contains a lesson plan, advice...

Aimed at primary level this resource contains background information and fact sheets about their lives and work of prominent scientists in history. Linking to topics related to plants, biodiversity and classification it contains mini-biographies and posters of the scientists: Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and...