Science ideas
This page will give you a mixture of websites, activities and experiments that you can do from your own home to allow you to enquire, investigate and explore in a world of awe and wonder. The experiments and investigations vary in degree of difficult. Some you may wish to complete on your own, some you may need to change to make easier or harder and some you may wish to complete as a family. Please note: these are suggested activities and resources. Please do not feel the need to purchase any resources.
Now try this: Place an orange in water. Does it float or sink? Then remove the peel. Then what happens? Why do you think this is?
Websites to keep your scientific knowledge fizzing!
Lots of fun games and quizzes that cover all areas of science.
EYFS / Key Stage 1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82
https://education.rspca.org.uk/home-resources
https://www.youtube.com/user/maddiemoate/videos
https://www.rigb.org/families/experimental
Key Stage 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2pfb9q
https://www.rigb.org/families/experimental
https://education.rspca.org.uk/home-resources
https://www.youtube.com/user/maddiemoate/videos
Natural History Museum – Home activities
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/try-this-at-home.html
Woodland’s Trust – Nature Activities to do at home during isolation
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/kids-nature-activities-self-isolation/
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/04/nature-activities-for-kids-to-do-at-home-part-two/
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/04/kids-nature-activities-to-do-at-home-part-3/
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/04/nature-activities-for-kids-to-do-at-home-part-4/
The following activities are from the RSPCA and are based on objectives from the national curriculum (Animals and their habitats)