Making connections: How does the flow of liquids compare?

Comparing the properties of liquids by investigating how different substances flow and exploring ways to measure and represent results.

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Introducing 'Making connections' in Science

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Recall key knowledge from previous units.
  • Apply knowledge in new contexts.

When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Carry out a full scientific enquiry.

For more information about this unit, please see the Teacher video: Making connections – How does the flow of liquids compare? in Lesson 1: Investigating liquids – Planning.

Suggested prior learning

This unit revises and builds on learning from the previous Year 4 Science units.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Investigating liquids – Planning

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Lesson 2: Investigating liquids – Gathering data

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Lesson 3: Investigating liquids – Analysing, concluding and evaluating

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Lesson 4: Investigating liquids – Extending

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Lesson 5: Investigating liquids – Presenting

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Key skills

This unit revisits the

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Key knowledge

This unit revises the

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Key vocabulary

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battery/cell

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected

  • Examples of solids (e.g. a rubber, a marble, a metal pencil sharpener, etc.)

         ×8

  • Examples of liquids in plastic cups (water, milk, vinegar, vegetable oil, cream, maple syrup, honey, double cream and washing-up liquid)

         ×8

  • An example of a gas (a balloon labelled as ‘air’)

         ×8

  • Plastic or paper bowl filled with water

         ×8

  • Plastic toy animals

         ×8

  • Sunflower oil mixed with black food colouring

         ×8

  • Cleaning materials (sponges, paper towels, cotton wool, washing up liquid, droppers or spoons)

         ×8

  • Food colouring

         ×8

  • Plastic trays

         ×8

  • Yellow sticky notes

         ×15
  • Highlighters ×30
  • Permanent markers ×30

  • Plastic pipette droppers

         ×8
  • Paper towels ×30
  • Poster paper ×30
  • Flipchart ×1
  • Books

  • Stopwatches

         ×8
  • Online timer ×8
  • Calculator ×30

  • A device that can record slow-motion video

         ×8
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Cross-curricular opportunities

English: Reading, Writing – composition.

Maths: Measurement, Statistics, Number (fractions).

British values: Mutual respect.

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Materials: Mixtures and separation

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