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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Summer Sunshine
Develop and refine skills in maths, science and art to explore the effect of the sun on the natural world
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Sunflower Garden
Demonstrate grasp of maths, literacy and science skills and concepts by planting and growing sunflowers in the school grounds
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Sunshine Tests
Conduct and present results from a series of fair tests in science to explore the power of the sun during the summer
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SATs Survival
Ease worries and anxieties as pupils prepare to take part in compulsory testing towards the end of a key stage
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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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Learning Zones
Create different learning zones around the classroom to support development across a range of curriculum areas
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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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French Schools
Learn and practise speaking and writing French vocabulary and word phrases to describe some of the special things that can happen and are used in a school
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French Sports
Practise speaking and writing French vocabulary words and phrases to describe some different sports and games
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Vehicle Numbers
Investigate and record how to make and count models of objects to ten, twenty and thirty to match objects related to different types of vehicles
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Bible Stories
Research and illustrate how the teachings of Jesus are presented in different stories from the Bible