Teaching Ideas for Science

Classroom teaching ideas and lesson planning advice to support busy primary school teachers in Key Stages One and Two and the Foundation Stage. Discover a fantastic range of primary resources to excite and inspire pupils on different topics and themes for science.

  • Class Review

    Class Review

    Evaluate progress and achievement over the past school year and select targets for improvement in the autumn term

  • Summer Sunshine

    Summer Sunshine

    Develop and refine skills in maths, science and art to explore the effect of the sun on the natural world

  • Sunflower Garden

    Sunflower Garden

    Demonstrate grasp of maths, literacy and science skills and concepts by planting and growing sunflowers in the school grounds

  • Sunshine Tests

    Sunshine Tests

    Conduct and present results from a series of fair tests in science to explore the power of the sun during the summer

  • SATs Survival

    SATs Survival

    Ease worries and anxieties as pupils prepare to take part in compulsory testing towards the end of a key stage

  • Topic Launches

    Topic Launches

    Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom

  • Topic Tree

    Topic Tree

    Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research

  • Learning Zones

    Learning Zones

    Create different learning zones around the classroom to support development across a range of curriculum areas

  • School Energy

    School Energy

    Create posters to display around the school illustrating instructions to follow when conserving energy usage

  • Autumn Watch

    Autumn Watch

    Observe and record how the natural landscape around the school is changing during the autumn season

  • Home Science

    Home Science

    Develop practical and investigative skills in science using different features and parts of a family home

  • Total Eclipse

    Total Eclipse

    Use a total eclipse of the Sun to develop understanding about light and shadow and the Earth’s position in space

  • Theme Park Visit

    Theme Park Visit

    Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip

  • Family Holiday Trips

    Family Holiday Trips

    Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world

  • Garden Numbers

    Garden Numbers

    Identify and model some of the different calculation techniques that can be used when adding pairs of single digit numbers

  • Summer Stories

    Summer Stories

    Practise composing and presenting narrative stories with familiar settings to illustrate the events and experiences that could happen during the summer