Y3/4 (B): Materials: States of matter

Exploring states of matter and changes of state.

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Lessons

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Solids

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Liquids and gases

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Melting and freezing

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Condensing and evaporating

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: The water cycle

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Climate change and the water cycle

Key skills

Posing questions

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Key knowledge

To know

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Key vocabulary

boiling point

climate change

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Knowledge organiser – Science Y3/4 (B): Materials: States of matter

Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the mixed-age unit ‘States of matter'.

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Vocabulary display – Science Y3/4 (B): Materials: States of matter

A display version of the key vocabulary from the mixed-age unit 'States of matter'.

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