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Science: Key stage 2

Our KS2 Science scheme of work supports curriculum coverage and progression from Year 3 to Year 6, helping pupils build scientific knowledge and investigative skills.

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A group of schoolchildren exploring static electricity with a plasma ball in a classroom setting.

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Units

Following the units in the suggested order ensures a coherent progression of skills and knowledge in the KS2 Science scheme of work.
Kapow Primary’s KS2 Science units cover: Plants; Animals, including humans; Living things and their habitats; Materials; Forces, Earth and space and Making connections. Each unit includes structured lesson plans, engaging experiments, teacher guidance and resources to support knowledge development and scientific enquiry.
Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.

Year 3

Animals: Movement and nutrition

Animals: Movement and nutrition

Exploring the role of skeletons and muscles, learning how the body uses energy and what constitutes a balanced diet.

(6 lessons)

Forces and space: Forces and magnets

Forces and space: Forces and magnets

Exploring contact and non-contact forces, including friction and magnetism and their effects.

(6 lessons)

Materials: Rocks and soil

Materials: Rocks and soil

Exploring the physical properties of rocks and soils and fossil formation.

(6 lessons)

Energy: Light and shadows

Energy: Light and shadows

Exploring the link between light and darkness, observing reflections and investigating different factors that affect shadows.

(6 lessons)

Plants: Plant reproduction

Plants: Plant reproduction

Describing the life cycle of a flowering plant and carrying out tests to investigate plant structure and function.

(6 lessons)

Making connections: Does hand span affect grip strength?

Making connections: Does hand span affect grip strength?

Exploring the relationship between hand span and grip strength through scientific enquiry.

(5 lessons)

Year 4

Animals including humans: Digestion and food

Animals including humans: Digestion and food

Exploring the role of the digestive system and comparing teeth and diets of different animals as part of a food chain.

(6 lessons)

Energy: Electricity and circuits

Energy: Electricity and circuits

Exploring electrical components and conductivity through circuit building and real life applications.

(6 lessons)

Materials: States of matter

Materials: States of matter

Exploring states of matter and changes of state.

(6 lessons)

Energy: Sound and vibrations

Energy: Sound and vibrations

Exploring volume, pitch and how sound travels.

(6 lessons)

Living things: Classification and changing habitats

Living things: Classification and changing habitats

Grouping and classifying living things and exploring habitat changes.

(6 lessons)

Making connections: How does the flow of liquids compare?

Making connections: How does the flow of liquids compare?

Exploring the relationship between viscosity and the flow of liquids through scientific enquiry.

(5 lessons)

Year 5

Materials: Mixtures and separation

Materials: Mixtures and separation

Exploring different types of mixtures and the appropriate methods to separate them.

(6 lessons)

Materials: Properties and changes

Materials: Properties and changes

Exploring the properties of everyday materials and reversible and irreversible changes to them.

(6 lessons)

Forces and space: Earth and space

Forces and space: Earth and space

Exploring day and night and the movement of the Earth, planets and Moon.

(6 lessons)

Living things: Life cycles and reproduction

Living things: Life cycles and reproduction

Exploring the life cycles of plants and animals and the life process of reproduction.

(6 lessons)

Forces and space: Unbalanced forces

Forces and space: Unbalanced forces

Investigating gravity, friction, air and water resistance and their effects.

(6 lessons)

Animals: Human timeline

Animals: Human timeline

Exploring how humans change from a baby through to old age, including puberty, measurements of growth and gestation periods.

(3 lessons)

Making connections: Does the size of an asteroid affect the diameter of its impact crater?

Making connections: Does the size of an asteroid affect the diameter of its impact crater?

Exploring the relationship between the size of model asteroids and the diameter of the impact crater.

(3 lessons)

Year 6

Living things: Classifying big and small

Living things: Classifying big and small

Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and navigate related resources.

(6 lessons)

Energy: Light and reflection

Energy: Light and reflection

Exploring how light travels in straight lines and that this explains observations of shadows and reflection.

(6 lessons)

Living things: Evolution and inheritance

Living things: Evolution and inheritance

Exploring variation and inheritance in different living things and how observations and fossil evidence have led to the theory of evolution.

(6 lessons)

Energy: Circuits, batteries and switches

Energy: Circuits, batteries and switches

Developing knowledge of circuits, the effects of changing voltage and how switches contribute to different devices.

(6 lessons)

Animals, including humans: Circulation and health

Animals, including humans: Circulation and health

Exploring the heart and circulatory system through models and enquiries and considering how lifestyle choices affect our health.

(6 lessons)

Making connections: Are some sunglasses safer than others?

Making connections: Are some sunglasses safer than others?

Testing light and UV transmission of different sunglasses through an enquiry to decide which pair work best.

(5 lessons)

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