Science Overview

The Southfield Scientist Trips:

Enrichment experiences:

Science museum Trip to the local park Wetlands Centre Gunnersbury Triangle Secondary school science trip Kew Gardens

Science week Science visitors/speaker Visitors from different science careers (including parents) Forest school Science lunch time club Wildlife area Pond dipping

Skills: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

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Recognises scientific questions that do not yet have definitive answers.

Selects methods to use to solve problems or answer questions, including a full range of enquiry methods, which are planned in detail.

Explains why particular pieces of equipment or information sources will provide better quality evidence.

Repeats sets of observations or measurements, where appropriate, selecting suitable ranges and intervals, to give sufficient depth of evidence.

Decides on the most appropriate formats to present sets of scientific data, such as using line graphs for continuous variables.

Communicates findings in written form, across a range of genre, and uses multi-media and other forms of presentations.

Uses scientific evidence to answer questions to support findings.

Draws valid conclusions that utilise more than one piece of supporting evidence.

Provides explanations for differences in repeated observations or measurements, identifying reasons for any anomalies noticed.

Evaluate the effectiveness of their working methods, making practical suggestions for improving them.

Can take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate (must use data loggers).

Knowledge: ●

Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics andbased on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals.

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Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood.

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Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function.

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Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.

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recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

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identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation maylead to evolution

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use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye

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explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects andthen to our eyes

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use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

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compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudnessof buzzers and the on/off position of switches

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use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

Vocabulary Reception:

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Year 6:

Head, shoulders, arms, knees, hands, feet, ankles, wrists, elbows, knuckles, fingers, fingernails, ears, eyes, nose, scientists Bones, muscles, skin, brains, skulls, sensory, physical, impairment, deaf, blind. baby, toddler, young child, older child, teenager, adult, elderly person, past, present, future. Mother, mum, father, dad, sister, brother, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather, stepmother (mum), step father (dad), step brother, step sister Spring, summer, autumn, winter, temperature, warmer, cooler, sun, rain, snow, wind Autumn, cooler, darker, deciduous, evergreen, brown,

Hearing, touch, taste, smell, sight Recap from EYFS: Head, neck, skull Face, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hair teeth Arms, legs, elbows, knees, fingers, toes, feet, hands eye, iris, eyelid, eyelash, pupil, vision, reflection, glasses, contact lenses, telescope, microscope.

Ear, eardrum, deaf, hearing aid, vibration, sound, wave touch, taste, smell, skin, tongue, taste, buds, nose, scent, sweet, salt, bitter, sour Helen Keller, deaf, blind, illness, speak, read, write, courage, perseverance, resilience Birds Fish salmon, tuna, mackerel Amphibians toad, salamander, newt Reptiles Mammals human Invertebrates: underwater air amphibian mammal teeth (incisors, canine, molars), sharp, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, diet suitable pets domestic wild tame food space shelter medicine water care responsibility scientific describe Fish: gills, fins, scales Birds: beaks, wings, claws, feathers season seasonal

Survive Scarce Offspring Drought Pollution skeleton bones skull backbone rib finger bone hip bone toe bone kneecap muscle organs protect joint digestion stomach oesophagus small intestine large intestine mouth tongue chew blood energy waste process circulate circulation blood cells heart lungs veins arteries oxygen pump germs exercise balanced diet healthy rest bacteria wash medicine injection alive dead inanimate breathe move reproduce eat habitat microhabitat animals: beetle, fox, squirrel, owl, badger, robin, hedgehog, camel, scorpion, cobra, horned lizard, rattlesnake, ostrich plants: fern, moss, oak tree, cacti, tumbleweed rainforest tropical desert Sahara Desert Gobi Desert camels cacti survive adapt underground badger fox mole worm adapt damp tunnel

voluntary involuntary bicep intestine heart control contract relax independent endoskeleton femur stirrup skull cranium ligaments joint spinal column ribs scapula pelvis cerebrum cerebellum medulla nerves cerebral cortex spinal cord salivary glands taste buds teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, molars digest process break down nutrition saliva oesophagus stomach small intestine large intestine rectum anus digestive juices glands Spring, Summer Autumn Winter cycle seasons Earth orbit axis sun tilt planet Northern Hemisphere sprout, roots, deciduous, evergreen, nutrients, branches, sap, energy, ripen, mature, decay, dormant (from the French word dormir meaning to sleep) root stem/trunk leaves flower pollen anther ovule reproduce germination bulb seed fruit shoot seed dispersal hibernate

cell Organs Tissue System Nutrition Food groups incisor canine premolar molar omnivore enamel oesophagus stomach small intestine large intestine appendix Fats Carbohydrates Proteins Vegetables and fruit vitamin minerals iron calcium magnesium zinc living things classification sorting vertebrates invertebrates backbone internal skeleton coldblooded warm-blooded gills amphibians lungs scales reptiles birds mammals scales lungs hatch invertebrate arachnid mollusc insects abdomen thorax Botanist non-flowering flowering seeds flowers reproduce photosynthesis fern moss fungi algae living thing habitat microhabitat polar rainforest desert producer consumer decomposer cycle living thing energy organisms ecosystem organism web living things exotic native pollution plastic

growth gestation puberty old age adolescence hormones puberty Ageing lifespan metabolism Weaned Growth stage Life expectancy property material transparent opaque shiny dull conductor insulator hard soluble insoluble strong flexible thermal conductor insulator fair control temperature thermometer stopwatch mixture dissolve solution solvent solute solubility mixture dissolve separate sieve filter magnet solution evaporate reversible irreversible cycle birth growth reproduction death interconnection mammal amphibian metamorphosis mature hibernation incubate larvae gamete fertilisation embryo seed germinate sepals stamens anther pistil ovary pollination pollen naturalist primate biography force push pull increase decrease gravity friction air resistance water resistance streamline parachute upthrust Float buoyancy surface area air resistance gravity force time speed

atrium (atria) ventricle(s) valves aorta pulmonary circuit systemic circuit blood vessels arteries veins capillaries blood pressure heart rate pulse oxygen exercise Drugs fair test investigation predictions variables independent dependent control affect result conclusion Components red blood cells white blood cells haemoglobin platelets plasma classification taxon organism plants animals protist fungi bacteria cell plant animal cell membrane cytoplasm nucleus vacuole mitochondria cell wall chloroplast chlorophyll taxonomy kingdom phylum (phyla) class order family genus (genera) species vertebrates fish amphibians reptiles birds mammals cold-blooded warm-blooded Vertebrate Invertebrate Arachnid Mollusc Insect Cnidarian Arthropod Annelid electricity circuit electrical current components energy insulator conductor volts voltage cell battery Electrical Engineer Switch

gold, yellow, red, dark, light, dry Earth, planet, land, ocean, gravity, sun, daylight, night time, orbit Astronomer, telescope, Galileo, Caroline Herschel, comets, stars, planets Rocket, shuttle, astronaut, space suit, space boots, helmet, gravity, oxygen.

Tim Peake, International Space Station, scientists, telescopes, gravity The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Rocky planet, gas giant, ice giant.

Stars, galaxy, solar system, distance Constellation, shapes, formation, stars, Great Bear, Hercules, Pegasus, Leo Moon landing, astronaut, Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, crater, surface Rover, Perseverance, signs of life, research

spring summer autumn winter wind rain sun snow axis orbit tilt rain gauge wind vane thermometer tools measure observe record precipitation graph measure information record data rainfall accurate cirrus (curl) stratus (layers) cumulus (pile) cloud droplet float dark fluffy storm forecast predict future scientist meteorologist prepare extreme danger flood hurricane Hurricane Katrina care Earth world resources natural logging flooding pollution Natural Manufactures Resources Renewable Non-renewable logging deforestation construction extinction erosion flooding recycle Pollution Contamination Chemicals Air Water Land Rubbish Waste fumes conservation recycle materials old new purpose Plants warmth light grow water germinate seeds healthy Roots anchor absorb stem leaves flower reproduce disperse survive gravity rely pepper pot evergreen deciduous Autumn Spring annual oak fir roots stem leaves flower poisonous variety diet nutrients everyday

burrow food energy producer consumer food chain food energy producer consumer food chain electricity energy appliance mains battery store useful dangerous safety caution danger electric shock frayed plug socket wire circuit electricity flow battery wire bulb buzzer current conduct insulate pass through plastic wood wire rubber ash tree aspen tree silver birch oak tree sweet chestnut tree daisy bramble ivy cow parsley seed bulb germinate sprout tulip onion daffodil comparative test cress observe record predict crops pests harvest package transport Materials Properties Purpose Soft Hard Shiny Dull Opaque Transparent Strong Flimsy Engineer Inventor scientists magnify microscope solid liquid shape atoms solid liquid shape container pour bonds atoms planet Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn

migrate South/North tadpoles frogspawn reproduce mature metamorphosis light dark source transparent Opaque transmit reflect absorb translucent plane concave convex shadow predict record observe investigate measure conclude botanist function feature Agnes Arber Joseph Banks thrive wilt hydrangea sunflower cactus (cacti) absorb roots stem transport pollen pollination pollinator reproduce seed anther stigma germination pollination disperse dandelion sycamore acorns poppies Rock mineral Hard Soft Smooth Crumbly Observation geologist sediment layers sedimentary metamorphic pressure earth’s crust igneous volcano magma lava Permeable impermeable fossil fossilised Palaeontologist buried sediment Soil Decay Organic Matter sandy chalky clay force push pull contact force gravity magnetism Force friction heat reduce

man made emissions smog filter chemicals inset relevant vocabulary vibration soundwaves matter gases liquids solids sound sound barrier speed of sound concorde medium supersonic volume loud quiet pitch high low vocal cord voice box vibrate vibrations pitch larynx cartilage vibration ear canal ear drum ear bones hammer anvil stirrup cochlea auditory nerves solid liquid gas water Steam Water vapour humidity evaporate water vapour liquid gas Condenses Vapour Droplets Gas Liquid Precipitation Condensation Gravity Stratus Cumulus Cirrus Cumulonimbus Nimbostratus Rain Snow Hail Sleet collection Groundwater reservoir Water source useful dangerous safety caution danger electric shock frayed plug socket wire circuit electricity electrician flow battery wire bulb Switch Component

scientific enquiry fair test dependent variable independent variable control variable record results data lever pulley gear fulcrum pivot Astronomy Theorise Big Bang Universe Matter Galaxy Space Light Year gravity force mass matter black hole orbit Solar System Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Ceres Terrestrial Jovian Satellite moon Waning Waxing Crescent Gibbous Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Milky Way Proxima Centauri Andromeda galaxy cluster supercluster Laniakea meteorology atmosphere troposphere stratosphere mesosphere thermosphere exosphere ozone ozone layer depletion stratosphere ultraviolet radiation Montreal Protocol air mass maritime climate arctic maritime polar continental polar maritime returning polar maritime tropical continental tropical maritime anemometer air mass synoptic chart warm Front cold Front boundary cumulonimbus ice crystals electrical charge thunder lightning

Complete circuit Incomplete circuit kill switch design problem solve components purpose illumination artificial source optic nerve cornea iris pupil lens muscles retina brain hypothesis shadow measure record prism refract white light rainbow periscope reflect mirror 45° angle reproduce asexual cell division cloning regeneration gamete fertilisation embryo seed germinate sepals stamens anther pistil ovary pollination pollen Dispersal Symbiotic Exocarp Mesocarp Endocarp sexual reproduction sperm ovary fertilisation zygote embryo foetus development birth reproduction life cycle prehistoric sedimentary rock fossil organism palaeontologist Offspring Inheritance variation mutation DNA Adapt Adaptation Biomes habitat evolution adapt adaptation biomes habitat evolution independent variable dependent variable species Evolution Anthropology naturalist extinct placental Mammal marsupial mammals

Deciduous, evergreen, spring, summer, autumn, winter, leaves Change, grow, caterpillar, cocoon, transform, butterfly, (metamorphosis)

material wood plastic glass metal rock soft/hard dark/bright transparent/ opaque rough/smooth waterproof/ absorbent thick/thin bendy/stiff shiny/dull purpose select properties suited use magnet attract repel force invisible plan investigate predict record conclusion

Uranus Neptune Pluto (dwarf planet) solar system planet orbit sun rotate day night axis seasons moon orbit rotate waxing waning new moon crescent constellation star pattern The Great Bear Plough Orion Perseverance Robot Mission Space Exploration Astronaut Rover

increase force magnetism magnet metal iron lodestone north south attract repel push pull pole magnetic field Magnetic force Strong Weak

Filament conduct insulate pass through plastic wood wire rubber

Story Based Curriculum Reception: It starts with a seed All about plants The very hungry caterpillar Oliver’s vegetables Think Big! Caroline’s Comets

Year 1: I Hear a Pickle The Pet Tree: Seasons Come, Seasons Go The Building Boy

Year 2: See Inside Your Body Above and Below Why should I save energy?

Year 3: When Darwin Sailed the Sea The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver Human Body Detectives – the lucky escape First female Doctors – Elizabeth Blackwell and Elizabeth Garret Anderson

Year 4: The rhythm of the rain How your body works The shocking story of electricity It starts with a seed Sound The picture – Living Habitats

Year 5: How Your Body Works The Element in the Room The Big Picture: Living Habitats Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover Looking Up: An Illustrated Guide to Telescopes Blow, Wind, Blow!

Year 6: Carolus Linnaeus – Biography The First Heart Transplant Charles Darwin – biography Being colour blind - video

Enrichment experiences Reception: Forest schoolScience week Learning about waste andthe environment (recycling) Visitors from different science careers (includingparents)

Year 1: Forest schoolScience week Trip to the local area Learning about waste andthe environment (recycling) Visitors from different science careers (including parents)

Year 2: Forest schoolScience week Trip to the local area Visitors from different science careers (including parents)

Year 3: Forest schoolScience week Science visitors/speaker Environmental learning Science museum Visitors from different science careers (including parents)

Year 4: Forest schoolScience week Science visitors/speaker Environmental learning Science museum Visitors from different science careers (includingparents)

Year 5: Forest school Science week Science visitors/speaker Environmental earning Science museum Visitors from different science careers (including parents)

Year 6: Forest school Science week Science visitors/speaker Environmental learning Science museum Visitors from different science careers (including parents)

Knowledge Reception: Early Learning Goals: four seasons on earth; spring, summer, autumn and winter

Year 2: The skeletal and Naming parts of the muscular systems, body, the five exercise, digestive senses and system and associated body healthy eating, parts, circulatory system, understanding preventing illness, sensory Plants need water germs and disease, impairment. and light to grow animals and their offspring.

Living things, Living things, such as naming animals, Habitats: plants, grow and grouping animals, rainforest, desert, change throughout describing animals, meadow and the year. how plants and underground animals obtain habitats. Food Animals grow and food, offspring, chains, oceans and change caring for animal undersea habitats, babies, caring for deep ocean We live on Earth pets. habitats and habitat destruction Year 1:

Year 3: The digestive system, teeth and senses, a healthy diet, nutrition, vitamins and minerals, skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.

Seasonal cycles and plants, animal migration.

Life cycles of a plant and a frog.

Year 4: The muscular system, the skeletal system, the nervous system, the digestive system, teeth.

Cold-blooded or warm blooded, vertebrates or invertebrates, characteristics of animal classes, classification of plants.

How light travels, shadows, transparent and opaque objects, reflection, mirrors: plane, concave, convex, how shadows change throughout the day.

Habitats, interdependence of organisms and their environment, producers, consumers and decomposers, food webs, producers, predators and prey, human threats to the environment.

Functions

How sound is created,

of

plants:

Year 5: Human growth stages, adolescence and puberty, The human reproductive system, The endocrine system.

Properties- solubility, conductivity, flexibility, fair testing, solubility, separation of mixtures, reversible changes dissolving, mixing, change of state.

Life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird, life process of reproduction in some plants and animals, Photosynthesis, vascular and non-vascular plants.

Year 6: The circulatory system, the heart, the blood vessels, the blood, blood pressure and heart rate, changes to humans as we get older Classifying organisms, plant and animal cells, fungi, protists, monera, taxonomy, Latin names, vertebrates.

Brightness, buzzers, voltage, switches, simple circuits and symbols How light travels,

People have been The four seasons, looking into space tools to record the and asking questions weather, daily for many years weather and weather forecasts, People who travel weather symbols, into space are called weather around the astronauts world, floods and hurricanes Astronauts live and The Earth’s natural work on the International Space resources, conservation of Station natural resources, There are planets in logging, recycling, how pollution is our solar system caused and can be The stars we see in prevented. the sky are very far What plants need to away grow, the parts and functions of plants, Astronauts have food production, walked on the moon flowers and seeds, deciduous and The Mars Rover is a evergreen. robot that is Classification of exploring Mars materials, magnets, magnetic attraction My body has many different parts

and damage.

Circuits, conductive and non-conductive materials, safety rules.

roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers, Life and growth, variety of plants, water transportation, seed formation and dispersal.

Seeds and bulbs, plants and water, light, temperature, healthy plants.

Sorting rocks, how rocks are formed, hardness and permeability, fossils, soil.

Comparing materials, changing materials, concepts of atoms, matter, solids, liquids, gases, measurements.

Forces, friction, magnets, magnetic poles, magnetic fields, law of magnetic attraction, compasses.

Our solar system, orbit and rotation, sun, moon, planets, stars, constellations.

how sound travels, sound waves, speed of sound, pitch, intensity, the human voice, hearing, the human ear.

Change of state, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, humidity, groundwater Electric current, circuits, switches, conductors and insulators.

Gravity, friction, air resistance, water resistance, pulleys, gears and levers.

The Big Bang theory, gravity, the Universe, our Solar System, the moon and our galactic neighbourhood.

Weather and climate, the atmosphere, the Ozone layer, air movement and wind direction, cold and warm fronts, thunder and lightning.

Our eyes, light sources, shadows, periscopes Asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction in nonflowering and flowering plants, pollination, fertilisation, reproduction in animals, growth stages.

Fossils, adaptation, characteristics passing through generations, Mary Anning, Alfred Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s sketches of finches.

Skills Reception:

Year 1:

Year 2:

Year 3:

Year 4:

Year 5:

40-60: Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change

Asking simple questions

Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways

Can set up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.

Can ask relevant questions and using different types ofscientific enquiries to answer them.

Can plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions

Early Learning Goal: They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Observing closely, usingsimple equipment

Performing simple Observing closely, usingsimple tests equipment and Identifying and using equipment classifying safely and Gathering and independently recording data to Performing simple help in answering tests Identifying and question –for example classifying diagrams with Using their labels and observationsand recording ideas to suggest observations answers to questions Gathering and recording data to help in answeringquestionfor example using prepared tables to record data, recording observations and makingcomparisons.

Can make observations and take accurate measurements using standard units and equipment, including thermometers and data loggers.

Can record findings using simple scientific language.

Can record findings using drawings, diagrams and tables.

Can report on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations.

Can use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings

Can set up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.

Can make systematic and careful observations and take accurate measurements using standard units and a rangeof equipment, including thermometers and data loggers.

Can gather, record, classifyand present data to help inanswering questions.

Can record findings using simple scientific language, bar charts, tables and keys.

Can use results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values,suggest improvements andraise further questions.

Can identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientificideas.

Can take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment including dataloggers.

Can record data and resultsof increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, tables and line graphs.

Can use test results to makepredictions.

Can report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, explanations in oral and written presentations

Year 6: Can explore the work of scientists and scientific research about their learning Can observe and raise questions about local findings and compare them to the wider world Can carry out an investigation including making predictions, mapping results and forming conclusions based on findings