Remote lessons for key stage 2
Explore a range of free remotely-delivered lessons for children aged 7-11. Taking part in these lessons is simple - children first watch and make notes on the video. Parents/carers can then download the worksheets and invite children to complete each of the activities provided, referring back to the video as they go.
Adaptations and interdependence: camouflage
Examine different forms of camouflage and why it is important for predators and prey. Includes some activities to try.
Animals: adaptations and evolution
Explore how animals are suited to their environments, what happens over time, and natural selection and evolution.
Animals including humans: circulatory system
Explore the circulatory system, including the components of blood, the heart and circulation.
Animals including humans: digestion
Explore the digestive system starting in the mouth and working through all the digestive organs.
Animals including humans: food groups
Discussion of the different food groups that make up a healthy balanced diet.
Animals including humans: producers, predators and prey
Explore the animal kingdom with producers, predators and prey. After this discover how they fit into a food chain.
Animals including humans: skeletons
Explore different types of skeletons and how they work.
Animals including humans: teeth
Explore the first stage of the digestive system in the mouth by becoming an expert on teeth.
Biology from home: animal classification and life cycles
An overview of the main aspects of classification and identification including methods to safely capture animals.
Biology from home: behaviour and adaptation
An introduction to adaptation and behaviour in plants and animals, with a range of experiments to try at home.
Biology from home: circle of life
Introduction to food webs, trophic levels, energy flow and the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Biology from home: communication and control
Introduction to the hormone and nervous systems.
Biology from home: digestion
Explore the process of digestion and how food travels through the body.
Biology from home: plant biology
An overview of germination, leaf structure, xylem and phloem, sexual reproduction and seed dispersal.
Biology from home: photosynthesis
An introduction to a sequence of 8 home biology lessons. Contains an introduction to photosynthesis with activities to try.
Biology from home: your heart, lungs and blood
An introduction to the heart, lungs, the circulatory and breathing systems.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Explore static electricity, conductors, insulators and ways to save electricity.
Electricity: sources of electricity
Explore the sources of electricity through investigations, activities and some online games.
Evolution: 'The Battle of the Beaks'
Investigate birds' beaks and activities which show the real-life relevance of evolution and desirable traits.
Exploring soils
Examine the importance of soil for all living things and investigate the composition of soil.
Forces: floating and sinking
Explore the factors which control whether items float or sink with some fun activities.
Fossil creation
Explore how fossils are formed using everyday materials through practical investigations and activities.
Gravity: does it exist?
See if you can prove whether gravity exists by completing the activities.
Light and how we see things
Explore the role that light plays in how we see.
Living things and their habitats: classification (the five kingdoms)
An overview of the classification of living things, including the work of Carl Linnaeus.
Living things and their habitats: classification and grouping
An introduction to classification and grouping living things.
Marvellous magnets
Discover how magnets work and which objects in your house are magnetic.
Materials: reversible and irreversible reactions
Explore chemical reactions and irreversible changes.
Materials: separation
Explore solutions, dissolving, mixtures and separation.
Plants: parts and functions
Explore the parts and functions of plants and how different plants vary.
Plant reproduction
Explore the reproductive structures of a flower and see how pollination takes place.
Plants: seed formation and dispersal
Explore how seeds of plants and flowers are formed and the different ways they disperse.
Rocks and soils
Explore what rocks and soils are and where they can be found.
Senses: sight and sound
Explore our senses and investigate which parts of our body are involved and discover how we see and hear things.
Sound: how is it made?
A short video and activities covering sound in the primary science national curriculum.
Space: how ideas change
Explore how scientific ideas, looking at the solar system.
States of matter
Explore the three states of matter, how to change between them and the water cycle.
