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Science Year Five Planning
Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in science for Year Five in Key Stage Two to teach about habitats, food digestion, states of matter, sound and electricity
Testing Materials
Investigate and test the properties of different types of materials including durability, opacity, strength and conductivity
Changing Materials
Investigate, test and record how a range of different materials can be changed and altered including the use of dissolving and evaporation
Friction
Research, test and illustrate how to use different types of levers, pulleys and gears to change the direction and strength of a range of forces
Gravity
Investigate, test and record some of the effects that the force of gravity can have on a range of different objects and materials
Levers, Pulleys and Gears
Research, test and illustrate how to use different types of levers, pulleys and gears to change the direction and strength of a range of forces
Earth in Space
Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the Solar System by using practical models and researching information
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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife
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Earthquakes
Investigate and record some of the different causes and effects of earthquakes on locations around the world
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Shape Locations
Explain and model how to record and change the co-ordinate positions of some different geometric shapes using translation and reflection movements in the first quadrant.
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Shape Symmetry
Explore, record and compare the matching lines of symmetry that can be found in a range of different geometric shapes as part of their individual properties