Guidance for the teacher |
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Introduction |
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Pedagogy and philosophy |
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Science Homework for Key Stage 2: the key ideas |
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Following-up on the homework |
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Possible follow-up activities |
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Partnership with parents |
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Template letter |
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Blank active homework template |
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Life and living processes |
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Teeth and eating: types of teeth |
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Teeth and eating: looking after your teeth |
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Helping plants grow well: light (part one) |
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Helping plants grow well: light (part two) |
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Helping plants grow well: growth |
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Devising an investigation: the best temperature for growth |
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Moving and growing: bones |
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Moving and growing: muscles and joints |
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Debate: is it a good thing to keep animals in zoos or wildlife parks? |
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12 | (2) |
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Keeping healthy: food types |
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Keeping healthy: breakfast cereals |
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Keeping healthy: exercise |
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Debate: which is most important - a healthy diet or taking regular exercise? |
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Lifecycles (plants): flowers |
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Lifecycles (plants): germination |
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Lifecycles (plants): seeds |
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Lifecycles (plants): seed dispersal |
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Interdependence and adaptation |
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Micro-organisms: types of microbes |
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Micro-organisms: your questions |
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24 | (1) |
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Micro-organisms: composting |
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Devising an investigation: best conditions for compost |
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Materials and their properties |
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Characteristics of materials: what would you use? |
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Rocks and soils: house materials |
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29 | (1) |
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Rocks and soils: volcanoes |
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Devising an investigation: strongest rock |
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Keeping warm (thermal insulators): comparing materials |
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Keeping warm (thermal insulators): slowing the transfer of heat energy |
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Keeping warm (thermal insulators): insulation in the home |
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35 | (1) |
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Solids, liquids and separating: teabags and sieving? |
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Solids, liquids and separating: sieving |
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37 | (3) |
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Gases around us: gases you know |
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Gases around us: is air real stuff? |
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Debate: driving versus using the bus |
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Changing state: liquid and gas |
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Changing state: solid and liquid |
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Changing state: evaporation |
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Dissolving: mixing solids with water |
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Dissolving: reversing the process |
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Devising an investigation: best conditions for dissolving |
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Reversible and non-reversible change: mixing and heating |
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Reversible and non-reversible change: your questions |
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Reversible and non-reversible change: the water cycle |
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51 | (3) |
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Magnets and springs: true and false |
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Magnets and springs: paper springs |
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Magnets and springs: searching for magnets and springs at home |
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56 | (1) |
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Light and shadows: opaque, translucent and transparent |
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57 | (1) |
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Light and shadows: changing shadows |
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58 | (1) |
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Friction: slipping and gripping |
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Friction: reducing friction |
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Earth, Sun, Moon: day and night |
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Earth, Sun, Moon: phases of the Moon |
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Debate: is space exploration good use of money? |
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Changing sounds: sound travels |
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Changing sounds: sound travels more slowly than light |
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Changing sounds: directing and collecting sounds |
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Changing sounds: changing pitch |
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Forces in action: building structures |
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Forces in action: friction in sport |
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Forces in action: a thought experiment |
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Devising an investigation: shoe with the best grip |
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72 | (1) |
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How we see things: reflected light |
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How we see things: pupils responding to light |
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How we see things: your questions |
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