Kites
Kites, an ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource, explores the variety of kite designs around the world, together with the scientific principles that keep kites aloft. It provides a fun way of exploring some types of forces. There is a strong multi-cultural element through looking at kites around the world. There are also strong…
Datalogging in the Environment
All you need to know about datalogging - and more! This ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource includes a step by step guide to the setting-up process, with pictures and diagrams. Worksheets for KS1 and KS2 pupils help teachers to make the best use of datalogging in supporting their science teaching.
Parents in Primary Science
An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource giving sensible and useful help on how best to involve parents in their children's science education at home and in school. This resource includes really different and exciting activities that could be done in school, or at home, with advice on their organisation. • Why involve…
Passport
This Association for Science Education (ASE) resource from the SYCD: Science Year Primary collection provides a template for a successful bridging topic between primary and secondary schools. Passport can also be used as a stand alone activity in Year Six to help students focus on their investigative skills and provides a good record…
Assembly on Sound
In this ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource, a Year 3 teacher shares her experience of organising and planning a class assembly on sound. This assembly was presented to the whole school in celebration of the class's ideas and findings during a half-term's topic on sound. The planning and text are detailed here as a…
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I Scream for Ice Cream!
This resource aimed at Key Stage Two contains a set of data showing ice cream consumption per year in different countries. Children are asked to create a bar chart to represent the data and then to answer a set of questions to interpret the given data. This resource is part of the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary collection.
Kitchen Chaos
This interactive resource aimed at Key Stage Two intoduces the idea of separating materials. A chef has muddled his cooking ingredients and asks children to identify them by looking at their properties. Kitchen Chaos is an interactive computer programme that can be used by individual pupils, or small groups. It could also be used…
Gravity and Light Traffic Lights
A quick revision activity, from the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary CD-ROM, for the whole class on gravity and space. This resource enables the teacher to assess the effectiveness of the teaching and level of knowledge and understanding in the class in an interesting and exciting context. Apart from printing out one set of questions…
Solids, Liquids and Gases
A range of interactive and print-out practical activities provided by the Association for Science Education to help children understand the properties of solids, liquids and gases and the changes that take place when materials are heated Information is provided through cartoons, downloadable worksheets and ideas for experiments…
What Makes a Scientist?
In this ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource, prominent engineers talk about what excites and inspires them in their work. The resource consists of: • Colour photographs of prominent male and female engineers, which can be printed out in colour or black and white. • A short paragraph on what influenced their…
Concept Cartoons: Change of State and Insulation
This resource, provided by ASE, is a computer-based Concept cartoon designed to intrigue, provoke discussion and to stimulate scientific thinking about thermal insulation and changes of state. Concept Cartoon Part One can be used at the start of a topic to help the teacher and children to become aware of the range of ideas that…
What Do They Know?
This SYCD: Science Year Primary resource provides video clips of children working and on-screen text which focuses on evidence of children's development in a series of process skills. Criteria are given for assessing the skills, and the next steps in learning are identified, with suggestions for helping the children take those…
Quizzes
Two ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary quizzes based on familiar formats. Who wants to be a scientist? is based on a well-known quiz format. It is a PowerPoint presentation, using overheads. You may want to print these out in black and white. Questions are based around the Physical Processes teaching programme. After you have saved…
Ideas and Evidence
This ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource is designed to help children learn about the processes involved in the production of scientific knowledge. The production of scientific knowledge is explored from the collection and analysis of data, through the interpretation of evidence, to the development of new scientific ideas and…
Experience the Moon
In this ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource, Holidays on the Moon! Universal Tours Limited wants sales executives to develop extra-terrestrial trips for tourists.
Drama: Growing Pains
This resource, aimed at Key Stage Two, covers the topic areas of plants and animals in the environment and helping plants grow well. In the form of a play script, Growing Pains takes a humorous look at what plants need to grow. Carbunckle a robot, Princess Creosote an alien and Joseph Soap the gardener, meet in a series of discussions…
Solids, Liquids and Gases Traffic Lights
An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary game providing a quick and easy way of assessing whole class knowledge - no writing required. The resource comprises guidance on how to manage the game and ten questions, or statements (with answers). You may wish to print out the questions for ease of use. Each pupil will need three small pieces…
Life Is Loopy
This loop game from ASE, revises vocabulary and knowledge on the topics of moving and growing, habitats, life-cycles and keeping healthy. The resource consists of twenty-one question and answer cards, and guidance on how to use them with your class. This resource is part of the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary collection
Using Technology
This ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource presents case studies from two Scottish schools, one small and one large, showing how a variety of technologies has been used with children at all stages of primary schooling. Simple guidance on how to support your pupils in using the computer to research a topic and present their findings.…
Speed Pairs
A quick game, from the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary CD-ROM, for up to four pupils to reinforce their knowledge of some aspects of Physical Processes. The resource comprises of cards and instructions for playing the game. Pupils compete to collect the starts and ends of statements or questions. Areas covered are electricity, forces…
The Poetry of Science
An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary activity that offers pupils the opportunity to increase their scientific vocabulary as well as developing their literacy and ICT skills. The resource gives rules for writing a five line poem naming, describing and making a statement or observation on a scientific idea.
Eating and Drinking
This topic, from the Association for Science Education and aimed at students aged 8-12, focuses on nutrition and the links between diet and health. Students reflect the cultural significance of diet. The topic allows classes in schools across the world to exchange information about food and health. After exchanging their findings…
Slugs
Linked to the topic areas of habitats and animals in the local environment. This resource looks at how to collect, observe and present findings when looking at slugs. In making observations it considers the following: • types of slugs • moving • eating • senses • behaviour It may be used as a project…
I Have ... Who Has?
This game aimed at upper Key Stage Two Primary revises childrens' scientific vocabulary and knowledge. Covering life processes and living things, materials and their properties and physical processes, it contains thirty-two cards each with a scientific word that children should know, and use correctly in context, by the age…
Reporting Science
A four-part unit, from the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary CD-ROM, guiding pupils through planning, investigating and reporting on two news stories. It provides an opportunity for pupils to develop their writing, speaking and listening skills through role-play as journalists. Pupils role-play as journalists as they report on…
Cameras and Microscopes
An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource which gives examples showing how digital cameras and microscopes can be used to support science teaching. The resource includes help on how to use the equipment, examples of pictures and examples of elapsed time photography using the microscope. • The introduction tells you how…
Cool and Fun!
This resource contains poems written by children on science themes. The poems look at scientists, science lessons, an electrical circuit and an eclipse. They show how learning in science could be linked to literacy. Originally published by ASE as part of the ASE/Pfizer poetry competition they are part of the ASE SYCD: Science Year…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Activity sheet
Plants and Me
This topic, from the Association for Science Education, explores the importance of plants. The topic allows classes in schools across the world to exchange information about plants grown locally, the value of these plants and how they are used. After exchanging their findings and views with students in other countries, students…
Food Glorious Food
This topic, from the Association for Science Education, explores the cultural aspects of food. The topic allows classes in schools across the world to exchange information about the foods found locally, and the connections between diet and health. After exchanging their findings and views with students in other countries, students…
Look Around You
Short activities designed for the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary CD-ROM to help children develop their observation skills in the environment. The resource includes ideas for making up an investigation kit of easily obtainable 'bits' for each child, and simple ideas of how to use them to find out more about the world around…
Science Fairs
An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource which provides almost everything you need to help you run an exciting and successful science fair in your school. Themes include Living It Up, Magic Materials, Fabulous Forces, Superb Sound, Lovely Light and Excellent Electricity. Lots of advice on how to plan and organise a science…
Mr Zippy's Trainers
This ASE interactive animation looks at materials and their properties and forces and how they are applied to a real life situation. It requires children to choose aspects of trainers that will keep Mr. Zippy's feet dry and help him to run fast. The students then design their own trainer on screen using 'drag and drop',…