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.

  • Learning Zones

    Learning Zones

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Current Events

    Current Events

    Develop skills in all curriculum areas by harnessing interest in events currently happening around the world

  • Kitchen Science

    Kitchen Science

    Develop scientific skills and understanding by exploring and testing the properties of materials found in a family kitchen

  • School Adventures

    School Adventures

    Develop practical, social and physical skills across the curriculum by completing a range of activities in the school grounds

  • Love and Understanding

    Love and Understanding

    Develop and demonstrate love and understanding for the world community at a local, national and global level

  • School Trips

    School Trips

    Prepare for and manage a school trip to support curriculum learning in different subjects and topics

  • Living Things and Habitats

    Living Things and Habitats

    Identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world

  • Division Measurements

    Division Measurements

    Practise solving problems using division number skills to divide measurements for length, capacity and mass using a range of matching units

  • Sea Animals

    Sea Animals

    Identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a marine habitat including in the sea or on the beach

  • Number Bonds to Twenty

    Number Bonds to Twenty

    Investigate and model how to use mental calculation techniques when working with concrete objects and diagrams to identify pairs of numbers that make sums to twenty