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.
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Learning Zones
Create different learning zones around the classroom to support development across a range of curriculum areas
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Topic Launches
Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom
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Topic Tree
Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research
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School Energy
Create posters to display around the school illustrating instructions to follow when conserving energy usage
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Autumn Watch
Observe and record how the natural landscape around the school is changing during the autumn season
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Home Science
Develop practical and investigative skills in science using different features and parts of a family home
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Total Eclipse
Use a total eclipse of the Sun to develop understanding about light and shadow and the Earth’s position in space
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Current Events
Develop skills in all curriculum areas by harnessing interest in events currently happening around the world
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Kitchen Science
Develop scientific skills and understanding by exploring and testing the properties of materials found in a family kitchen
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School Adventures
Develop practical, social and physical skills across the curriculum by completing a range of activities in the school grounds
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Love and Understanding
Develop and demonstrate love and understanding for the world community at a local, national and global level
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School Trips
Prepare for and manage a school trip to support curriculum learning in different subjects and topics
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Valentine Gifts
Investigate and practise different techniques to shape and combine materials when producing models to make gifts to give to someone special for Valentine’s Day
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Valentine Boxes
Practise using nets of cube and cuboid shapes and a range of materials to make and decorate boxes to hold Valentine’s Day gifts for someone special
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Valentine Shapes
Investigate and model how to shape, colour and combine a range of different materials to produce shapes representing themes related to Valentine’s Day
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Flower Vase
Investigate and practise how to combine different materials when making models of flowers to present to someone special on Valentine’s Day