Primary School Science Lesson Plans and Resources by PlanBee

This electrifying 'Changing Circuits' scheme of work for Year 6 consolidates your class's knowledge of circuits and how they work and then goes on to extend their knowledge through a variety of fun, practical and inforative activities, including looking at conventional circuit symbols and exploring how to change the brightness of a bulb or the speed of a motor within a circuit. These 'Changing Circuits' lessons contain lesson plans, ... more

Has your class ever wondered how sound is made and how it reaches our ears? This KS2 'Changing Sounds' scheme of work for can help them find out, as well as giving them the opportunity to investigate how sounds are produced on different types of musical instruments and how these instruments can be used to create notes of different pitch and volume. With detailed lesson plans, informative slides, differentiated worksheets, activity i ... more

These Year 5 Science 'Changing State' lessons are a great way to teach your class about such processes as evaporation, condensation, melting and freezing, and gives them the perfect platform for exploring all these changing states in more detail. With opportunities for practical as well as written activities, these 'Changing State' lessons are the perfect way to reinforce knowledge of materials and their properties. With lesson plan ... more

This fun and practical 'Characteristics of Materials' scheme of work for Year 3 explores different groups of materials and why different materials are more suited for different purposes than others, giving your class plenty of opportunities to put their investigative skills to the test! With detailed lesson plans, informative slides, differetiated worksheets and a host of other resources, these KS2 'Characteristics of Materials' less ... more

This 'Circuits and Conductors' scheme of work for Year 4 gives your class a practical and hands-on way to learn about electricity and circuits, looking at how circuits work, the differences between mains and battery powered electricity, how to make a switch, which materials are conductors and which are insulators, with plenty of opportunities for investigations and experiments. With lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiat ... more

Take a trip to outer space with these KS2 'Earth, Sun and Moon' science lessons for Year 5. Your class will become experts on the Earth, sun and moon, finding out facts like how big each one is, how far away from each other they are, how their relationship to each other creates night, day and different time zones, and so much more. With lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets and much more, these KS2 'Earth, ... more