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What stores and transfers energy?

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.
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Build your own balloon hovercraft

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!
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Super scientist quiz!

Super scientist quiz

Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
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Reaching conclusions worksheet

Reaching conclusions

A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
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The effects of exercise on the body worksheet

The effects of exercise on the body

Can you sort these statements about the effects of exercise into the ‘True’ and ‘False’ columns below?
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The effects of a healthy diet worksheet

The effects of a healthy diet

Eating a balanced diet is important for maintaining good health. This food pyramid shows us how much we should have of each food group every day. Why do you think we need these different food groups? Can you do some research into the nutrients each group gives us.
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The dangers of cigarettes and alcohol worksheet

The dangers of cigarettes and alcohol

Smoking and drinking alcohol are not illegal, but cigarettes and too much alcohol are very bad for your health. Can you match these smoking-related words to their definitions below?
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Similarities in families worksheet

Similarities in families

When we have children, we pass on our genes to them. This is why you may look like your mum or dad, or you may be good at something (or not good at something!), just like them. Draw portraits of yourself, your mum and your dad. Do you share any physical characteristics? Can you give examples of how you are similar to your parents in behaviour or ability?
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Researching vertebrates worksheet

Researching vertebrates

Vertebrates can be divided into five groups. Can you research each group and give examples of animals in that group?
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Researching life cycles worksheet

Researching life cycles

Think of an animal or plant you are particularly interested in. Can you research their life cycle? Draw or print out some pictures to make your life cycle clearer.
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Researching invertebrates worksheet

Researching invertebrates

All of these animals are invertebrates (they have no backbone). Can you do some research on them to find out how their bodies are structured, what they eat and what habitat they live in?
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Research the life of Jane Goodall worksheet

Research the life of Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall is a world-famous primatologist who has made lots of important scientific discoveries about chimpanzees and how they behave. Can you do some research and find the answers to these questions about her life?
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Research Mary Anning worksheet

Research Mary Anning

Mary Anning was born in 1799. She is famous because of her fossil discoveries and the important contribution they made to the scientific study of prehistoric life. See if you can find the answers to these questions by researching her life on the internet or in your library.
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Prehistory timeline worksheet

Prehistory timeline

Did you know that dinosaurs lived on Earth for roughly 200 million years, whereas we humans have only existed for 200,000 years?! Look at this timeline. Can you do some research on the kinds of dinosaurs that were around during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods? Find out what our planet was like then and what other animals were around.
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Pregnancy in humans worksheet

Pregnancy in humans

This table shows what happens in the different stages of pregnancy. Some of the boxes are blank. Can you fill in what happens at these stages by researching it in library books or on the internet?
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Playing with light worksheet

Playing with light

What causes a rainbow to appear in the sky. Why are there colours in soap bubbles? If you put a stick, spoon or toy in water, why does it appears bent. Let's find out!
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How nutrients are transported in humans worksheet

How nutrients are transported in humans

Look at this diagram of a human body. Can you draw arrows to show the passage of food through the body? Match each of the stages of digestion with where it takes place in the body.
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How light helps us to see experiment

How light helps us to see

We see an object because light shines onto it and is reflected back into our eye. When it gets dark this evening, try this activity to prove the theory.
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How does distance of an object from a light source change the shadow it makes experiment

How does distance of an object from a light source change the shadow it makes?

Time for an experiment! Let's find out how the distance of an object from a light source changes the shadow it makes.
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Darwin and evolution investigation

Darwin and evolution

Have you heard about Darwin's theories on evolution? Have a look on the internet or in your local library. Can you find any examples of species evolving over time? Record your research.
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Classifying vertebrates worksheet

Classifying vertebrates

There are five groups of vertebrates. Which of the following vertebrates belong to each group?
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Classifying plants worksheet

Classifying plants

Go out to your garden, local park or nearby woodland. Collect as many examples of flowering plants and non-flowering plants that you can find. Then choose one plant of each kind and draw a diagram of it.
Can you find the seeds in both plants? Can you find out what your chosen plants are called?
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Classifying invertebrates worksheet

Classifying invertebrates

Can you cut out each of the following pictures and say which class of invertebrates they belong to?
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Classifying animals, plants, micro-organisms

Classifying animals, plants, micro-organisms

Do you know the difference between animals, plants, micro-organisms? See if you can you put all these in the correct group.
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