Primary Science

Science – Outdoor Art and Science

With the warmer summer weather on its way, there’s no better time to take science out to where it all happens and at the same time, incorporate a little art into the mix. These activities work for a range of ages and will ensure fun is had along with the… Read More

Science – A World Without Water?

We’ve all done the topic on water where we decide what we use water for each day and how it gets to us. In fact, one of the most popular school trips is to a water treatment works or pumping station. This set of activities looks at water from a… Read More

Science – how we work

There’s plenty of information about the human body that we learn from science and from PE but there are also a lot of questions children ask that go unanswered in the science and PE curriculum. In this set of activities we look at some of the questions about our bodies… Read More

Science – Micro-organisms

Sixty years ago this March, one of the world’s most famous scientists, Alexander Fleming, died. Ten years earlier he was credited with discovering penicillin, the first antibiotic, which went on to save millions of lives around the world. Penicillin is a substance derived from a mould, a type of micro-organism. Read More

Science – Radar

Radar is the detection of objects using radio or sound waves which bounce back off an object in its path. Eighty years ago radar was first developed and six years later it helped to change the course of the Second World War and, in particular, helped the RAF win the… Read More

Science – Earthquakes

Twenty years ago the Japanese city of Kobe experienced one of the most destructive earthquakes of modern times, called the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Nearly 6,500 people were killed and over 200,000 made homeless. The city’s port; the busiest in Japan, was destroyed as was the Hanshin Expressway which linked Kobe… Read More

Science: Properties of Materials

Activity 1: Constructing a stable wall Suitable for: Year 3 to Year 6 Learning Focus: To identify the properties of a wall which help it stay up To suggest and refine ideas to develop a final design that fits set criteria The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years as a… Read More

Science: 150 Years of Photography

These days we are used to taking photographs with a digital camera and the process seems incredibly quick and simple, but photography dates back 150 years and this month we’re going to ignore the “point and press” nature of modern photography and instead, look at how we can understand the… Read More

Science: Identifying Trees

One of the finest aspects of the English landscape, be it open countryside, forest or even urban parks is the number and diversity of our trees. Very few children these days can identify trees from their leaves and this activity will help them gain greater knowledge of how trees can… Read More