Properties of materials match-up card game
Match each word describing the property of a material to its correct definition, with this match-up card game
Games
Weather matching cards
Develop the vocabulary of weather as pupils match photos to weather words in this simple card-matching game.
Animal explorer fact-file sorting cards
Identify, group and classify animals with these sorting cards.
Which rock am I? matching card game
These information cards help pupils identify and name different rocks and develop their knowledge of rock properties and uses.
How fossils are formed card match game
Match the images to the sentences and explain how fossils are formed.
Fossil to living thing card match game
Match each animal or plant fossil to the living thing it formed from.
Design an electric vehicle car cards
Pupils use these cards to develop their knowledge of electric cars, to match cars to customer needs and gather data to answer questions.
Circuits interactive online experiment
An interactive online experiment to help pupils develop their understanding and knowledge of circuits.
Friction online experiment
Join Kate, Ravi and Bubbles as they discover more about friction through an online experiment. Be with them every step of the way as they find out about what makes something a fair test, different variables that impact experiments and how to choose the right equipment to measure, record, present and evaluate results.
Air resistance online experiment
Explore air resistance though sycamore seeds and paper spinners in this online quiz
Animal explorer interactive (4-7)
An innovative, fun and engaging interactive with images, facts and quizzes about the variety of life in our animal kingdom.
Animal explorer interactive (7-11)
An innovative, fun and engaging interactive with images, facts and quizzes about the variety of life in our animal kingdom.
Rock explorer virtual rock kit
An interactive rock kit containing images, facts and quizzes about rock features, groups, properties and uses.
Posters
Celebrating women engineers primary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your pupils with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Meet a materials engineer poster
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as a material scientist with this poster.
Careers linked to the human body poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on the human body.
What is an insect? Poster (4-7)
Use this poster to help pupils understand what makes an insect an insect and to identify insects they might find in their school grounds. Also includes a career connection.
What is an insect? Poster (7-11)
Use this poster to help pupils understand what makes an insect an insect, explore life cycles, and discover why insects are so important in our changing world. Find out about a career linked to insects and simple actions to protect them.
Wonders of our ocean poster (7-11)
Build awe and wonder with this amazing ocean facts poster and inspire pupils as they discover new careers linked to protecting the ocean.
Name the plants poster
Use this 2-page poster to answer questions including ‘What are garden and wild plants?’ and ‘Is a tree a plant? and to identify familiar plants.
Day and night poster
Use this poster to help your pupils explain day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.
Careers linked to materials poster
Inspire your pupils to think about potential future careers linked to learning about materials, with this poster.
Meet an architect poster
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as an architect with this poster.
Growing into adults (life-cycles) poster
Develop understanding of animal life-cycles with this 2-page poster about how animals grow from babies to adults.
Celebrating black scientists poster (primary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire primary pupils with the work of black scientists across past and present day.
Be a materials investigator poster
Use this 2-page poster about materials to explore topic areas such as, properties, and the features of different materials.
Careers linked to living things poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on living things.
Identifying and grouping animals poster
Classroom poster encouraging pupils' to identify and group a range of animals including fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds!
Moon poster
Use this poster to encourage pupils' to become Moon explorers!
Seasons poster
Use this 2-page poster about seasons to explore topic areas such as, changes in nature, and the features of each season.
Weather watchers poster
Use this 2-page poster to find out about weather and seasonal changes and how this can be measured.
What is a habitat? poster
Use this 2-page poster to find out about habitats and to look cosely at animals and plants from different habitats.
Food chains poster
Use this 2-page poster to look closely at animals, discuss what they eat and to make food chains.
Parts of a plant poster
Use this poster to label the parts of a tomato plant and to match each plant parts with its function.
Planets of the solar system poster
Use this poster to answer questions about the order and sizes of planets in our solar system.
Animal classification poster
Be an animal investigator and make a classification key to identify and classify woodland animals.
Be a fossil detective prediction sheet
Use this activity sheet alongside the 'Be a fossil detective poster' to predict what the living animal might have looked like.
Be a fossil detective adaptations activity sheet
Use this activity sheet alongside the 'Be a fossil detective poster' to record adaptations discovered from the ichthyosaur fossil.
Be a fossil detective poster
Use this poster to look closely at an ichthyosaur fossil and use clues to work out what this extinct marine reptile was like when it was alive.
Rock cycle poster
Use this classroom poster to show the stages of the rock cycle, and the different rocks and processes that are involved.
Be a battery investigator poster
Use this classroom poster to stimulate discussions about the humble battery and why it’s so important to the future of our planet.
Lessons
Weather diary activity sheet
Pupils can use simple drawings and weather words to record the weather for a week, with this simple weather diary activity sheet.
Friction activity sheet
Test your pupils' knowledge of friction with this activity sheet
Minibeast survey activity sheet
Pupils can use this sheet to record the number of minibeasts they find and where they found them, whilst suveying their school grounds.
Animal fact-file activity
Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.
Living things and their habitats activity sheet
Find out about the key features of different animals and plants and decide what habitat each one lives in, with this activity sheet.
Feed our future! Activity sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet to describe their innovative new future-food.
Nzambi Matee: A world without plastic activity sheet
Pupils develop science and creativity skills as they identify everyday plastic objects, suggest alternative materials and write creatively about a world without plastic.
Choosing materials activity sheet
Use this activity sheet, part of the Science in stories: Three Little Pigs lesson, to record ideas about the best materials to use for each part of a house.
Moon diary
Challenge your pupils to keep a moon diary for 28 days – use the activity sheet to record what they see.
Friction investigation planning sheet
Encourage pupils' to plan their own friction investigation with this helpful activity sheet!
Food chains activity sheet
Complete these simple food chains by drawing and labelling.
Animal fact-file activity (detailed)
Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.
Animal fact-file activity (simple)
Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.
Parts of a plant activity sheet
Use this activity sheet to label the parts of a tomato plant and then have pupils draw their own plants and label accordingly.
Seasonal changes activity sheet
Use this activity sheet to describe the changes that happen in a specific season including the changes to animals and plants).
Protect Humpty activity sheet
Reply to Humpty Dumpty's letter with what material would be best to protect him from his fall with this activity sheet.
Fashion fixers (primary): My fashion fixes sheet
Provide each pupil with this activity sheet so they can describe their own creative vision for how to fix fashion for the future!
Fashion Fixers (primary): Where clothes come from
Use this 'Where do clothes come from?' activity sheet when pupils look at clothes labels and find the countries where our clothes are made.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock space creative writing
Pupils use this activity sheet to name the planets in our solar system and then write creatively about visiting a neighbouring planet.
Sir David Attenborough life-cycle sheet
Pupils use this activity sheet to learn about life cycles and get creative while planning their own wildlife documentary.
Plants we eat activity sheet
An activity sheet for pupils to record the plants we eat and to name foods that come from different plant parts.
Biodiversity challenge: My design sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet to record their designs and explain how they have come up with their idea for a home for nature.
Biodiversity in my community sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet as they research biodiversity in their local community and come up with ideas for their own home for nature
About biodiversity activity sheet (primary)
After watching the videos, use this sheet to record why biodiversity matters, what's happening to it and what we can do to improve it.
Air resistance activity sheet
Test your students' knowledge of air resistance with this activity sheet
Which fabrics are permeable? activity sheet
Use this activity sheet to plan and record an investigation into fabric porosity, as a model for investigating rock porosity.
Which rocks are porous? activity sheet
Use this activity sheet to plan and record an investigation into rock porosity.
Mary Anning write a tongue twister
Pupils are introduced to tongue twisters and write one of their own, using this activity sheet
Be a fossil detective ichthyosaur facts
Use this activity sheet to find out more about ichthyosaurs and how they lived, before answering the questions.
Be a fossil detective prediction sheet
Use this activity sheet alongside the 'Be a fossil detective poster' to predict what the living animal might have looked like.