Science Autumn 1

Knowledge and Understanding

Key Skills for Investigating and Observing

• identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses
• find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

• Make simple observations
• Ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways
• Use simple equipment such as magnifying glasses and (digital) microscopes for observation and egg timers for timing.
• Gather data and record it to help answer questions – also using ICT
• Use simple scientific language relevant to the area of study and in investigations
• Record my observations in writing and simple diagrams
• I compare observations using scientific vocabulary
• I say whether what happened was what I expected