Enquiry resources for 5 - 11 year-olds: Two age-related whole-class science guided enquiries all about glass, its properties and uses
Curriculum topics: everyday materials, states of matter
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Enquiry resources for 5 - 14 year-olds: Three age-related whole-class physics guided enquiries inspired by a story about curiosity and gravity; developed in collaboration with aerospace engineers at The University of Manchester.
Curriculum topics: everyday materials, forces
Enquiry resources for 5 - 14 year-olds: three age-related whole-class biology guided enquiries to get pupils outdoors foraging, in the context of mushrooms.
Curriculum topics: living things and their habitats, plants
Enquiry resources for 7 - 14 year-olds: Lesson plans and direct to classroom videos
Curriculum topics: animals including humans, evolution and inheritance, living things and their habitats
Enquiry resources for 11 - 12 year-olds: Children ask their questions about climate change to an expert panel in a 5 minute video, along with an accompanying lesson plan to inspire your pupils to think about the future of the planet.
Curriculum topics: seasonal changes, living things and their habitats, plants, animals including humans, interactions and interdependencies, relationships in an ecosystem.
Enquiry resources for 5 - 11 year-olds: Children ask their questions about climate change to an expert panel in a 5 minute video, along with an accompanying lesson plan to inspire your pupils to think about the future of the planet.
Curriculum topics: seasonal changes, living things and their habitats, plants, animals including humans, interactions and interdependencies, relationships in an ecosystem.
Enquiry resources for 11 - 12 year-olds: Children ask their questions about climate change to an expert panel in a 10 minute video, along with an accompanying lesson plan to inspire your pupils to think about the future of the planet.
Curriculum topics: seasonal changes, living things and their habitats, plants, animals including humans, interactions and interdependencies, relationships in an ecosystem.
Enquiry resources for 7 - 11 year-olds: Children ask their questions about climate change to an expert panel in a 10 minute video, along with an accompanying lesson plan to inspire your pupils to think about the future of the planet.
Curriculum topics: seasonal changes, living things and their habitats, plants, animals including humans, interactions and interdependencies, relationships in an ecosystem.
Enquiry resources for 5 - 7 year-olds: Children ask their questions about climate change to an expert panel in a 10 minute video, along with an accompanying lesson plan to inspire your pupils to think about the future of the planet.
Curriculum topics: seasonal changes, living things and their habitats, plants, animals including humans, interactions and interdependencies, relationships in an ecosystem.
For Teachers, Curricular link: literacy - speaking and listening
Enquiry resource for 5 - 14 year-olds: A 10 minute video looking inside a working beehive to inspire questions about the lifecycle of bees and their important role in our lives.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans, living things and their habitats, plants, seasonal changes
Enquiry resource for 5 - 14 year-olds: A short video from a real farm to inspire questions about local wildlife and how farmers protect the natural environment.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans, evolution and inheritance, living things and their habitats, plants
Enquiry resource for 5 - 14 year-olds: A short video from a real farm to inspire questions about the role of sheep on the farm and beyond.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans, everyday materials, living things and their habitats
Enquiry resource for 5 - 14 year-olds: A short video from a real farm to inspire questions about engineering and technology in farming.
Curriculum topics: earth and space, electricity, forces, living things and their habitats, plants
Enquiry resource for 5 - 14 year-olds: A short video from a real farm to inspire questions about crops, growing and plant lifecycles.
Curriculum topics: plants, seasonal changes
Enquiry resource for 7 - 14 year-olds: A 15 minute video to inspire questions about the importance of water for the human body.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans
Enquiry resource for 5 - 14 year-olds: A 15 minute video to inspire questions about how our bodies deal with waste products.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans
Enquiry resource for 7 - 14 year-olds: A 10 minute video to inspire questions about how our eyes work.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans
Enquiry resource for 7 - 14 year-olds: A 10 minute video to inspire questions about our lungs and how we breathe.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans
Enquiry resources for 5 - 14 year-olds: A reading by the author with an accompanying video lesson on air pollution and a lesson plan.
Curriculum topics: animals including humans, evolution and inheritance, living things and their habitats, plants, seasonal changes
Working scientifically: Plan and carry out a comparative test