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Investigating animal homes
Think about all the ways our houses protect us. Now think about animals or bugs living in your garden or house. Where do animals and bugs like to live? Draw a picture and/or write the name of their home. Cut out all the cards and make two piles, one for creature cards and one for house cards; mix them up. Pick one card from each pile. Would a mouse like to live in a fish pond? Would a frog like to live in a bee hive? Why?
Bird watch
Have a look at the different trees in your neighbourhood and find one birds like to land in. Why might the birds have chosen that tree? Does it have a nest in? Then draw a picture of the tree and label your picture with all the reasons why you think this is a good tree for birds to nest in.
What is good food?
A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
How an electrical circuit works
A worksheet designed to illustrate the fact that a circuit must be complete for electricity to flow and a bulb to work.
A to Z of body parts
Play a car game listing an A to Z of parts of the body, for example: arm, belly button, cuticles… If you get stuck you may need to be creative and think of variations (for example, digits instead of fingers). If you’re playing with older children they could also list internal organs!
Animal anagrams
The letters in these boxes have been mixed up. Can you unjumble them to find the name of an animal?
Experiments and science fun for KS1 and KS2
Beans, gingerbread men, ice, washing-up bottles and cocoa powder – that's all you need to demonstrate key KS1 and KS2 science concepts to your child at the kitchen table. Packed with simple experiments, fun games (Muffled Chinese Whispers, anyone?) and parent-friendly science explanations, our Experiments and science fun for KS1 and KS2 learning pack is all you need to make primary science come to life for your child.
Labelling and describing words
Draw a picture of a family member then label it and add some words to describe them around the picture.
Design a healthy living poster
An activity to help your child identify ways to lead a healthy life.
Learn about forces
This KS2 worksheet will reinforce your child's knowledge of forces and help them to use different methods of recording information.
Physical processes: electricity
A worksheet to encourage children to think about all the household items they know of that use electricity.
Find and label materials
This activity will teach your child the different properties of many common materials and help them identify why they are used.
Changing materials investigation
A practical activity for children to test what happens when they stretch, bend, squash and twist different materials.
Sorting materials into sets
A worksheet with boxes for sorting different materials into sets according to their properties.
Identify the loudest sound
A fabulous game to encourage discussion and develop your child's reasoning skills whilst learning more about sounds.
Classification of plants and animals
A cutting out and sorting activity to help your child understand the difference between plants and animals.
Time to investigate floating
An opportunity for your child to design their own investigation to find out which materials float.
Identify the parts of a plant
This Year 1 science worksheet is all about plants and their different parts and offers you the opportunity to discuss how plants grow with your child.
Compare two materials
A worksheet to help your child choose two materials, then consider similarities and differences between the two, as well as considering their uses.
Understanding life cycles
A worksheet designed to prompt children to think about the life cycles of plants and animals.
Illustrate a plant's life cycle
Your child will learn all about the life cycle of a plant and what plants need to grow with this fun worksheet.
Design a healthy menu
A worksheet to prompt children to think about how to incorporate healthy food types into their daily diet.
What is a living thing?
A brainstorm sheet to encourage children to write down everything they know about living things.
Investigating and comparing materials
Develop your child's understanding of materials and their different properties.