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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.
Changing sounds: vibrations
An activity sheet with ideas for things to do at home that demonstrate the connection between sound and vibrations.
The water cycle
A cutting and sticking activity to help reinforce children's knowledge of the water cycle.
Writing your ideas with paragraphs
This worksheet requires children to imagine that they have been given a large sum of money and then use paragraphs to write about what they would do with it.
Animals and their habitats
This worksheet encourages children to investigate why certain animals are adapted to their habitats.
Putting together a circuit
This worksheet encourages children to think about how they would carry out an experiment into circuits. It requires them to draw a diagram using the correct symbols.
Estimate and measure time
This worksheet encourages your child to estimate how long it takes them to do certain things throughout the day. They then need to time themselves doing these things and compare the results.
Understanding rounding rules
This worksheet gives a list of decimal numbers to round to the nearest whole number. It also gives tips on how to do this.
Recognise word patterns in words
Challenge your child to find short words within longer words, then create and spell new words using a limited number of letters.
Understand sound and hearing
Your child will have tons of fun doing this experiment whilst learning all about sound and hearing.
Measuring right angles
A practical activity for measuring right angles. Children will become more confident at recognising right angles with this exercise.
Is < or > or = missing?
A worksheet to help children practise their knowledge of the symbols: <, > and =. It also involves practising different operations.
Good and bad scientists
A list of statements for children to look through and decide which are true of good scientists.
Time words
A worksheet prompting children to look for words associated with time in a poem. They then need to sort these words into categories.
Keeping warm investigation
This worksheet prompts your child to think about how they would plan an investigation into keeping warm.
Changing state: condensation
A worksheet with activities your child can try at home to demonstrate the process of condensation.
Useful gases around us
A worksheet encouraging your child to research into how different gases are used to help us in everyday life.
Writing summaries of news reports
This worksheet encourages your child to read through news reports, picking out the important facts in order to summarise them.
Can you separate solids from liquids?
This experiment helps children to understand that sometimes a solution of a solid and a liquid can be separated by evaporation.
Reversible and non-reversible changes
This experiment that you can do at home helps your child to understand the difference between a reversible change and a non-reversible change.