Grouping and Changing materials

Identify some naturally occurring material; know how heating can change some materials into new and useful materials and state the dangers of hot water or naked flame ; describe what happens to water when it is heated and cooled:

Teacher background knowledge

QCA/DfES schemes of work site for this unit Guidance on planning, adaptations to the scheme and links to the NLS and NNS.

Support materials for this QCA unit. Available as a word document from the 4S (Surrey) website. Still there, but you need to register first.  It is free to register and you'll be able to access some other very useful resources.

Key knowledge and progression of ideas. Selected pages from the 4S document above. Very valuable for teachers developing thinking skills in science (Word)

General teaching sites

BBC science clip Brilliant for use on interactive whiteboard / data projector too.

Virtual Experiments 1 & 2 e-learning content for LGfL users

Magnazone Help Magnus Magnet find magnetic items. Useful drag and drop for IWB use.

Water

Solids and Liquids A useful US site where melting and feezing can be explored.

Water A US site with a virtual experiment about evaporation. Really for KS2 but might have a use in Year 2

Materials, natural and man made

Wood and paper Wood is a natural material. This US site is worth a visit

Grouping materials Drag and drop activities from Crick Primary School Northampton. Includes natural vs man made

Use ICT in teaching

Talent guidance Look at Lewisham's guidance on ICT activities for this QCA science unit in their Year 2 listing

Clicker grids

Materials This set of Clicker Grids is designed to support early learners beginning the study of materials

Floating and Sinking This set of Clicker Grids is designed to encourage children to think about what might happen in an investigation and to record what actually happened.

Lesson plans / worksheets

Ice - looking at materials Lesson plan with clear, detailed guidance on how to proceed. From Lozells school

A focussed Sc1 activity from Astra-Zeneca, enables assessment of one of the Sc1 strands - contributes to an overall Sc1 NC level at the end of the year. Visit this site to find out more

Science vocabulary

Sourced from the Vocabulary section of the QCA unit. Large size format, ready to modify, print off and use in the classroom (Word)

Key vocabulary for this topic (Word) Large print copies ready for display from Sheffield's website

Pictorial glossary Another excellent resource from Sheffield download for this unit

Key vocabulary with pictures (Word) From the Foundation Stage section of Sheffield's website, but a still a great resource for KS1.

Somalian keywords (PDF) Sourced from the EMA services pages of the PDC website