Year 2

Living Things Are All Around Us

A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about living and non-living things.

Sound Research

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how sound travels.

Sounds of Change

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if the pitch and volume of sounds can be changed.

C'mon, Feel the Noise

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sound and how it is made.

No Light, No Sight

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light is needed in order to see.

Working Scientifically Knowledge Check

An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of how to work scientifically.

And Further On - Research Into the Environmental Impact of Certain Materials

A 60 minute lesson in which students will be introduced to a research task for them to undertake about a material of their choosing.

Now I Understand - Building a Solid Conclusion for an Experiment

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to build solid scientific conclusions for experiments.

Science Experiment - Suck It Up!

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate materials and their absorptive properties through a scientific investigation.

What's the Use? - Developing a Hypothesis to Investigate

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to develop an effective hypothesis for scientific investigations.

Freedom of Choice - Developing Scientific Lines of Questioning

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to develop scientific lines of questioning to initiate a scientific investigation.

Natural Science - How Do People Use Natural Materials?

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of natural materials by humans throughout history.

Living in the Material World - Examining Natural and Processed Materials

A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine and understand the differences between natural and processed materials and their uses.

Brilliant Bending

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can bend.

Terrific Twisting

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can be twisted.

Stretch, Bend and Twist – I Think You've Got the Gist

A 60-minute lesson designed for students to use their knowledge of materials to predict and identify whether materials stretch, bend or twist.

Handy Heating

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials change when they are heated.

Choice Cooling

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials change when they are cooled.

Are You Getting Hot or Cold?

A 60-minute lesson designed to summarise the physical changes that occur when things stretch, bend, twist, heat and cool.

Assessment: Chemical Science – Clever Changes

A 30-minute assessment designed to assess students' ability to describe physical changes in materials.

What is Heat?

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the concept of heat as a form of energy.

Why Does It Change?

How About This Weather?

The Nighttime Sky

The Daytime Sky

What Will Change?

Do You See What I See?

Changes, Changes Everywhere!

An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of how living things grow and change.