Year 1 Investigative skills worksheets
Your own seed dispersal experiment
Try this experiment and discover if spreading seeds out helps them to grow better than keeping them all in one place.
Be a butterfly spotter
You will see lots of butterflies around in the summer. Flowers are in bloom and butterflies get their food by flying from flower to flower, sticking their long tongues out to suck the nectar (a sugary liquid) up. Can you spot any butterflies in your garden or to a nearby park. Look in the bushes. Did you see any of these butterflies?
Sinking and floating investigation
Look at these pictures. Can you identify the objects? Which ones do you think will float in water? Which ones will sink? Why? Ask a parent if there any that you can test.
Investigating temperature
This activity is designed to help you learn that different places around your home will be different temperatures and also to help you to practise reading scales on a thermometer.
Identifying animal features
Many animals across the world have similar characteristics, even if they live in very different places. Use your research skills to find information in books and online and see how many animals you can put in the following boxes. Remember, some animals may fall into more than one box!
Be a leaf detective
Go into your garden and see how many different plants you can find. How could you find out the names of these plants? Who could help you find out? Now play the find my leaf game!
Be a scientist
This activity will develop your child's imagination and design skills.
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.
Identify the parts of a plant
A Year 1 science worksheet on identifying the parts of a plant, created by a primary school teacher to support learning at home.
Investigating and comparing materials
Develop your child's understanding of materials and their different properties.
Investigating what bodies can do
Help your child learn about the human body and what it can do with this great worksheet.
My bean growing diary
Your child will enjoy growing their own bean and keeping a record of its progress with this fun diary.
What material is it made of?
Your child will develop their knowledge of materials and their properties with this fun to do worksheet.
Learning about living things: using a microscope
The complexity of nature is studied in intricate detail using a digital microscope in this fascinating science activity for EYFS and KS1 children.
It is aimed at Key Stage 1 and EYFS pupils and should be done with a parent or carer.
It is aimed at Key Stage 1 and EYFS pupils and should be done with a parent or carer.