Topic Bank
All of the topics show how science in the classroom can be linked to the real world of industry.
Scroll over a name to see a synopsis of the topic.
For a more detailed description, and for the link to the.pdf click on the title.
For teachers of 5-7 year olds
For teachers of 7-9 year olds
- Forces and Recycling
- Generating Electricity
- Healthy Drinks and Tasty Toothpaste
- Kitchen Concoctions
- Medicines for Pets
- Plastics Playtime
- Runny Liquids
- Turf Troubles
For teacher of 9-12 year olds
Skills Bank
Some of the resources available within the topics also have more general application, as they focus on skills such measuring correctly with a ruler, forcemeter and so on.
go to the skills bank
Downloads
All of the topic resources are available as pdf downloads.
Planning Board
Electronic post-it planning boards for whole class planning can be downloaded here.
Planning board instructions (in pdf format)
Planning board PowerPoint
Note: Browsers and computers are trying really hard to protect you from naughty people, so to use this PowerPoint planning board you will need to:
- Download the PowerPoint presentation file (Windows users: Right-Click, Mac users Ctrl-Click and choose Save Link As...)
- Open the presentation, and if you receive a security warning about 'Macros and ActiveX', please choose to enable the active content (this is NOT normally the recommended option, but the file has been checked).
- If you do choose not to enable the active content, the planning board won't work and you will need to download a fresh copy.
Note for techies: If you don't like using .pps files, you can change the extension to .ppt (not pptx) but the board will only work when the presentation is run.