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Primary

Science teaching and learning materials for UK pupils aged 4–11 linked to the curriculum, with accessible resources to bring science to life through real-world challenges and careers links.

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Super scientist: Sir David Attenborough

Learn how Sir David went from a naturalist to a broadcaster and campaigner and explore the natural world along the way.

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Super scientist: Nikola Tesla

Learn about Nikola Tesla, the engineer and inventor and build awareness of the importance of business in science and promote one of Nikola’s products.

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Super scientist: Mary Anning

Learn about fossils and tongue twisters through the life story of Mary Anning, the fossil hunter!

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Science in stories: The Jungle Book

Find out how sounds are made though the popular children's story 'The jungle book'.

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Science in stories: The Enormous Turnip

Learn about the different parts of plants and the plants that we eat though the popular children's story 'The enormous turnip'.

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Science in stories: Humpty Dumpty

Find out how to recognise properties of different materials though the popular children's story 'Humpty Dumpty'.

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Science in stories: The Emperor’s new clothes

Discover seasonal changes and learn about the weather through the children's story 'Emperor’s New Clothes'.

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Rocks and Fossils

Learn about real-world examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and fossils, plus learn how each rock type is formed.

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Rock properties

Explore different rock properties and learn about varying scientific methodologies and practices.

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The rock cycle

Explore the rock cycle, the the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and discover some of their features.

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Identifying and grouping rocks

Explore group rocks according to their type, minerals, properties and uses with this virtual rock kit and quiz.

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Design an electric vehicle challenge

A real-life electric vehicle field service engineer and a data analyst guide pupils through the basic science of circuits and electric vehicles before they take on a real-life challenge to design an innovative electric vehicle of their own.

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Design an electric helicopter

A step-by-step series of videos that uses knowledge from electricity and forces to build an electric helicopter from easily accessible materials.

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Circuits

Learn about circuits, using virtual experiments and activity sheets. Cover core principals such as what makes a fair test, results tables, and graphs.

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Biodiversity challenge (primary)

Learn about biodiversity and why it is important; explore how to improve biodiversity and use all the acquired knowledge to design a wild area.

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Be a rock detective challenge

Learn about rock types, explore their properties, and discover careers related to rocks.

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Be a fossil detective

Become a fossil detective exploring animal adaptations and make suggestions about how they lived.

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Be a battery investigator

Enquiry-based resources exploring how batteries work.

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Air resistance

Explore air resistance and build on practical science skills with animations and interactive experiments

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