Science Curriculum Map
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Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Our topics and themes follow the interests of the children. Throughout each term the children take part in child and adult initiated activities
where they can enhance their knowledge and understanding of the world and develop scientific enquiry skills through observation, investigation
and making predictions.
Everyday Materials
Seasonal changes
Seasonal changes
Spring
Plants
Animals including
Investigation – What
Autumn and winter
Winter continued
New life
(including seasonal
humans
material will be best
Geography element:
changes for summer)
Skeletons and fossils
for making Barnaby a
Identify seasonal and
(cross-curricular links
jacket for a trip to
daily weather
to maths Antarctica?
patterns in the United
measurement)
Kingdom and the
location of hot and
cold areas of the
world in relation to
the Equator and the
North and South
Poles.
Animals inc.
Investigations
Living things &
Materials
Plants
Investigations
humans
Christmas themed
their habitats
To identify and
Observe and describe
Observing and
Explore and compare
investigation on the
To look at habitats
compare the
how seeds and bulbs
recording, with some
the differences
best material to
and the things that
suitability of a variety grow into mature
accuracy, the growth
between things that
protect Santa’s sleigh
live there. To
of everyday materials, plants. Find out and
of a variety of plants
are living, dead, and
from the rain and
understand the seven including wood,
describe how plants
as they change over
things that have
snow.
signs of life. To think metal, plastic, glass,
need water, light and
time from a seed or
never been alive.
about and explain a
brick, rock, paper and a suitable
bulb, or observing
Identify that most
simple food chain.
cardboard for
temperature to grow
similar plants at
living things live in
particular uses. Find
and stay healthy.
different stages of
habitats to which they
out how the shapes of
growth; setting up a
are suited and
solid objects made
comparative test to
describe how different
from some materials
show that plants need
habitats provide for
can be changed by
light and water to
the basic needs of
squashing, bending,
stay healthy.
different kinds of
twisting and
stretching.
animals and plants,
and how they depend
on each other.
Describe how animals
obtain their food from
plants and other
animals, using the
idea of a simple food
chain, and identify
and name different
sources of food
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Rocks
Identify materials that
come from rocks are
used in and around
school. Study a cross
section of the Earth.
Investigate where
volcanoes are found
and that igneous rock
is produced as a
result. Investigate
sedimentary, igneous
and metamorphic
rocks. Find out about
fossils and how they
are formed. Find out
how soil is formed
and why it is
important to look
after it.
Living things and
their habitats-How
the school grounds
change over a year.
Electricity
Constructing circuits
with switches,
conductors and
insulators. Link with
DT making a car with
working headlights.
States of Matter
Comparing and
grouping solids,
liquids and gases,
observing that
materials can change
with heating and
cooling and
evaporation and
condensation linked
to the water cycle.
Also linked to
enterprise project
making and selling
chocolates for the
Christmas bazaar.
Animals inc.
humans
Revise what humans
and animals need to
be healthy and grow.
Learn correct vocab.
for food groups. Learn
about a balanced diet.
Discuss the main
functions of
skeletons. Identify
that muscles are need
for motion. Compare
skeletons: exo/endo.
Link skeletons to
fossils. Study how
muscles and joints
work together. The
effect of exercise on
our bodies.
Living things and
their habitats-How
the school grounds
change over a year.
Water cycle
evaporation and
condensation
Plants
Identify parts of
plant. Look at
function of the root.
Photosynthesis. How
plants obtain
nutrients from soil.
Identify the functions
of the stem e.g. water
transportation. The
reproductive part of
plants e.g. flower.
Find out about the
functions of parts
within the flower and
describe pollination by
insects. Life cycle of
plants. Investigation
of seed dispersal
Forces and magnets
Pushes and pulls. How
different things move
on different surfaces.
Natural magnets
(lodestone) and
compasses.
Understand the term
magnetic materials.
Attraction and
repelling. Uses of
magnets. Fair testing
of magnet strength.
Sound
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Identify that sound
associated with
vibration, how sound
travels and pitch
Living things and
their habitats-How
the school grounds
change over a year.
Classification of
groups for
identification,
recognition that
environments can
change and the
dangers that this
poses to living things.
Food chains
Light
Understand that
darkness is the
absence of light.
Reflection of light.
Use mirrors to reflect
beams of light. The
importance of the sun
for life, its structure
and apparent
movement across the
sky. The danger of
looking directly at the
sun. Find out how
shadows are formed.
Understand
translucent, opaque
and transparent.
Investigation of
shadows.
Animals including
humans
How the digestive
system works.
Structure of teeth,
uses in different
animals and how to
keep our own healthy.
Fairtrade linkFairtrade chocolate
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Forces
To develop
understanding of
gravity, air
resistance, water
resistance and friction
through some
practical work.
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Electricity
Identify and draw
circuit diagrams and
component symbols,
construct simple
circuits from circuit
diagrams, investigate
how the voltage of a
cell affects the
brightness of a bulb
or volume of buzzer,
solve everyday
problems involving
simple circuits.
Properties and
Changes of
Materials
To develop
understanding of
properties of
everyday materials.
To know that some
materials are soluble
but can be recovered.
Investigate methods
of separation and that
some changes are
irreversible.
Animals including
humans (Keeping
Healthy)
Label the main parts
of the circulatory
system; describe the
structure and function
of the heart, and how
blood vessels and
blood transport water
and nutrients are
around the body;
describe a healthy
lifestyle, be aware of
the impact of an
unhealthy lifestyle
and drugs on the
body.
Earth and Space
Describe the
movement of the
Earth and other
planets relative to the
Sun.
Describe the
movements of the
Moon. Understand
day and night in
relation to the
rotation of the Earth.
Living things and
their habitat.
Describe the life
cycles of a mammal,
amphibian or insect.
To describe life
process of
reproduction in some
plants and animals.
Animals including
humans and their
development.
Changes in humans
with age.
Investigational
Science.
How to set up an
investigation to
answer a question
using fair testing,
equipment,
measurements, tables
and graphs and
conclusions.
Big Science Event
(Thinking,
experimenting and
finding answers
like scientists)
Use my scientific
experiences to raise
different types of
questions; select and
plan a scientific
enquiry to answer a
question; understand
fair testing and
controlling variables;
select the most
appropriate
equipment and take
accurate
measurements; when
appropriate, take
repeat readings and
know how to calculate
average results;
design a results table
to record findings;
Living things and
Habitats
Describe main
features of each
vertebrate and
invertebrate group;
explain why living
organisms are placed
in different groups;
describe how
variations between
same species occur;
understand
inheritance;
understand how
animals and plants
adapt to their
environment, which
leads to evolution.
Light
Understand that light
travels in straight
lines and use this to
explain how we see
objects and how this
creates the shape of
shadows; describe
how mirrors can be
used; investigate the
phenomena of light
and describe the
results of
investigations
Earth & Evolution
Use fossil evidence to
explain what life was
like on earth millions
of years ago; explain
how the fossil record
provides evidence for
evolution.
describe the results of
my investigations;
use evidence to
produce a conclusion
or refute/support a
scientific idea; use
relevant scientific
language;