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What stores and transfers energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one store into another. In these pictures, which items do you think use energy? Which ones store energy? Do they all store/use the same type of energy? Cut them out and sort them into groups.
Understanding friction: Build your own balloon hovercraft
When a moving surface slides on a stationary surface it rubs against it, which slows it down. This is due to friction, a force which resists the movement of one object sliding past another. Understand more about friction with a fantastic practical project: make your own balloon hovercraft!
Super scientist quiz
Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Find the lowest common factor
Can you find the lowest common factor (other than 1) shared by these pairs of numbers?
Find the highest common factor
Can you find the highest common factor shared by these pairs of numbers?
Find the common factors: speed challenge
What common factors do these sets of numbers have and how fast can you identify them all? On your marks, get set...
Equivalent fractions speed challenge
How quickly can you match these fractions to their equivalent in the simplest form?
Converting fractions using the lowest common denominator
Can you work out the lowest common denominator for all three fractions, then convert them into fractions with a common denominator?
Comparing fractions
Cancel these pairs of fractions to their lowest form. Compare them and draw a ring around the largest.
Cancelling (simplifying) fractions
Reduce these sets of three fractions to their lowest form. Which fraction is the odd one out? Draw a ring around it.
Adding fractions with different denominators
Can you add these pairs of fractions? You’ll need to convert them into fractions with the same denominator first!
Blank hundred chart or hundred square
Use a blank hundred square to explain decimals to KS2 children, as well as showing the equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages.
WordMaths: synonyms
The words in this puzzle all correspond to a number. Take the letters in the grid and do the maths to decipher the new word. The two words will be synonyms (they have the same meaning). If the letter in the new word is the same as the letter in the first word, there will be no maths to do.
Word split: compound words
A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.
Word speed challenge
Print off a copy of the challenge sheet for every person. Who can fill the grid with nouns, verbs and adjectives the fastest?
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Times tables trail
A KS2 times tables game created by an experienced educator to support primary school numeracy at home.
Shape sequences
Can you draw the next shape in each sequence?
Prime time puzzle
Pinky the alien will only tell the time when all the numbers are prime numbers. Can you work out what time he will wait for before he tells the following times?
Prepositions x-words
Prepositions are linking words in a sentence, used to explain where things are in time or space. Can you place the words in the rows so that the green letters going diagonally spell a preposition from top to bottom?
Number hopscotch
Using the numbers in the hopscotch, choose ones that add up to make the big number given. You need to use three, four and five numbers.
Number doubles
Starting with the numbers in the coloured squares at the bottom of each grid, work your way upwards, finding the double of each number and shading it in the same colour.
Number crossword: days and time
Fill this like an ordinary crossword, except the answers are numbers not words.