SCIENCE
Science overview:
Year group |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
EYFS |
Explore the seasons and the changing states of matter. Explore the natural world around them. Draw pictures of animals and plants. Listen to and make sounds. Explore shadows and how wind moves objects. Know similarities and differences between the natural world them and contrasting environments. |
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Materials Explore, describe and group everyday materials. |
Seasons Seasonal changes – Autumn to Winter
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Senses and the body Name parts of body and the senses. |
Seasons Spring to Summer
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Animals and plants. Fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores. |
Seasons Summer to Autumn |
2 |
Uses of Materials Shapes of materials can change with force |
Uses of Everyday Materials Suitability of a variety of everyday materials.
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Animals, including Humans Basic needs of animals for survival, offspring grow into adults, |
Animals, including Humans Importance of exercise, healthy diet and hygiene.
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Living Things and their habitats Most living things live in habitats to which they are suited, identify/name plants and animals in their habitats, simple food chain, identify/name different sources of food. |
Plants Seeds and bulbs growing into mature plants, what plants need to grow/stay healthy, |
3 |
Animals including humans Humans and some other animals have skeletons, and muscles for support, movement and protection. Healthy diet – nutrition comes from what we eat.
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Light Light is needed to see and is refected from surfaces. Sunlight can be dangerous. Explore shadows. |
Forces and magnets Compare movement on different surfaces, forces need contact between 2 objects, magnetic forces can act at a distance, magnets have 2 poles, explore how the attract and repel each other. |
Rocks Group rocks by appearance and simple physical properties, how fossils are formed, soild are made from rocks/organic matter. |
Plants Function of different parts of flowering plants, requirements of plants for life and growth – how this varies. Life cycle of a flowering plant.
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Consolidation
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4 |
Animals including humans Basic parts of the digestive system, different types of teeth and their functions. |
Living Things and their habitats Grouping living things, classification keys, environments can change.
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Sound How sounds are made, vibrations travel from medium to ear, pitch, volume and distance
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Electricity Simple series curcuits, cells, wires, bulbs, switches, buzzers, use of a switch, conductors and insulators. |
States of matter Solids, liquids and gases. Some materials change state with heat. Evaporation/condensation as part of the water cycle. |
consolidation
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5 |
Earth and Space Movement of the earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system, Earth's rotation to explain day and night, the solar system, moon orbits the planet. |
Forces Gravity, air resistance, water resistance, friction. Mechanisms – pulleys, levers and gears.
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Properties and changes of Material Compare/group magterials, separate mixtures – filtering, sieving, and evaporating. Some changes result in the formation of new materials, reversible/irreversible changes |
Properties and changes of Material Compare/group magterials, separate mixtures – filtering, sieving, and evaporating. Some changes result in the formation of new materials, reversible/irreversible changes |
Living things and their habitats Life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds. animal behaviours, sexual/asexual reproduction. |
Animals including humans Changes as humans develop into old age –puberty. |
6 |
Light Light travels in straight lines. How we see – structure of the eye. Explaining shadow shapes. |
Living things and their habitat Classification including micro-organisms, plants and animals. Reasons for classifying plants and animals based on characteristics.
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Animals including humans Circulatory system, heart, blood, vessels. Effect of diet, drugs and alcohol on body. |
Electricity Associate brightness of lamp or volume of buzzer with voltage of cell, use symbols when representing a simple curcuit, construct simple series curcuits – exploring different components – switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors. |
Evolution/Inheritance Living things change over time – fossils give us information. Offspring vary and are not identical to parents. Animals and plants have adapted to suit their environment – evolution. |
Science of Sport TBC - CW |