Here are a range of science investigations for use in the classroom. Each example has an idea for an investigation and some suggestions for which skills could provide the focus. If this is the first time you have used these materials, please read the information under the 'Teachers' Notes' link on your left.
Examples - Key Stage 1
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Best Blindfold
Best Curtains
Blue Eyes
Bouncing Balls
Bread and Toast
Do Plants need Water
Electrical Circuits
Growing Seeds
Height and Hands
Investigating an Ice-lolly
Longest Snake
Melting Chocolate
Minibeast Location
Plants and Light
See the Light
Shadows
Sorting Instruments
Sorting Leaves
Speed of a Car
Squashing Forces
Stretchy Socks
Strongest Wool
Testing Materials
Examples - Key Stage 2
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Absorbency of Materials
Electrical Conduction
Falling Paper
Fertiliser
Grapes
Heat Insulation
How is Light Reflected?
Little Rotters
Magnetic Metals
Minibeast Diet
Musical Bands
Parachutes
Pulse Rates
Seed Growth
Slippery Shoes
Spreading Butter
Strongest Bag
Strongest Magnet
Tilting Towers
Water and Plant Growth
Which Glue is the Strongest?