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.
Examine different forms of camouflage and why it is important for predators and prey. Includes some activities to try.
Explore how animals are suited to their environments, what happens over time, and natural selection and evolution.
Explore the circulatory system, including the components of blood, the heart and circulation.
Explore the digestive system starting in the mouth and working through all the digestive organs.
Discussion of the different food groups that make up a healthy balanced diet.
Explore the animal kingdom with producers, predators and prey. After this discover how they fit into a food chain.
Explore different types of skeletons and how they work.
Explore the first stage of the digestive system in the mouth by becoming an expert on teeth.
An overview of the main aspects of classification and identification including methods to safely capture animals.
An introduction to adaptation and behaviour in plants and animals, with a range of experiments to try at home.
Introduction to food webs, trophic levels, energy flow and the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Introduction to the hormone and nervous systems.
Explore the process of digestion and how food travels through the body.
An overview of germination, leaf structure, xylem and phloem, sexual reproduction and seed dispersal.
An introduction to a sequence of 8 home biology lessons. Contains an introduction to photosynthesis with activities to try.
An introduction to the heart, lungs, the circulatory and breathing systems.
Explore static electricity, conductors, insulators and ways to save electricity.
Explore the sources of electricity through investigations, activities and some online games.
Investigate birds' beaks and activities which show the real-life relevance of evolution and desirable traits.
Examine the importance of soil for all living things and investigate the composition of soil.
Explore the factors which control whether items float or sink with some fun activities.
Explore how fossils are formed using everyday materials through practical investigations and activities.
See if you can prove whether gravity exists by completing the activities.
Explore the role that light plays in how we see.
An overview of the classification of living things, including the work of Carl Linnaeus.
An introduction to classification and grouping living things.
Discover how magnets work and which objects in your house are magnetic.
Explore chemical reactions and irreversible changes.
Explore solutions, dissolving, mixtures and separation.
Explore the parts and functions of plants and how different plants vary.
Explore the reproductive structures of a flower and see how pollination takes place.
Explore how seeds of plants and flowers are formed and the different ways they disperse.
Explore what rocks and soils are and where they can be found.
Explore our senses and investigate which parts of our body are involved and discover how we see and hear things.
A short video and activities covering sound in the primary science national curriculum.
Explore how scientific ideas, looking at the solar system.
Explore the three states of matter, how to change between them and the water cycle.
