Science: Lower key stage 2
Providing full curriculum coverage for science and developing pupils’ skills and knowledge across five key areas: Plants, Animals, including humans, Living things and their habitats, Materials and Forces, Earth and space.
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Year 3
Studying the human skeleton, children identify key bones and explore how muscle changes result in movement. They learn about how the body uses energy, what constitutes a balanced diet in humans and how research contributes to nutritionist expertise.
By investigating motion on different surfaces, children learn about friction and compare its uses and disadvantages. They broaden their experience in working scientifically as they investigate contact and non-contact forces. Pupils explore the properties of different magnets and apply this to understand their uses.
This unit will be available from 1st December 2023.
This unit will be available from 9th February 2024.
This unit will be available from 1st April 2024.
This unit will be available from 31st May 2024.
Bringing together pupils’ learning from multiple Science units, helping them to make connections between the key concepts and skills.
Year 4
Using models, children describe the function of key organs in the digestive system. Pupils identify the types of human teeth and investigate factors that impact our dental health. They compare human teeth to other animals’ and take on the role of a naturalist investigating animal faeces for clues about diet, digestion and dentition.
Exploring appliances in their setting that use electricity, children learn how to work with electricity safely and build circuits. Pupils investigate electrical conductors and insulators and explore the relationship between the number of cells and bulb brightness. Real scenarios and historical discoveries inform children about scientific progression and home safety.
This unit will be available from 9th February 2024.
This unit will be available from 1st April 2024.
This unit will be available from 1st December 2023.
This unit will be available from 31st May 2024.
Bringing together pupils’ learning from multiple Science units, helping them to make connections between the key concepts and skills.