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Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Describe differences in the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects, and birds, comparing metamorphosis with direct development

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals, including sexual and asexual reproduction in plants

Science // Energy

Name and use vocabulary for types of energy and energy transfer — kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, light energy, sound energy, electrical energy…

Science // Energy

Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts: cells, wires, bulbs, switches, and buzzers

Science // Energy

Identify common appliances that run on electricity and understand that electricity is a form of energy that powers devices in everyday life

Science // Energy

Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit, controlling whether a lamp lights or a buzzer sounds

Science // Energy

Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery

Science // Energy

Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors of electricity

Science // Energy

Observe and provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents

Science // Energy

Draw and read simple circuit diagrams using standard symbols for cells, bulbs, switches, buzzers, and wires; identify whether a circuit is complete or broken…

Science // Energy

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object

Science // Energy

Use technical vocabulary for electrical circuits — circuit, component, cell, battery, current, voltage, resistance, conductor, insulator, switch, series…

Science // Energy

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another

Science // Energy

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide

Science // Forces & Motion

Name and describe forces using precise vocabulary — force, push, pull, twist, stretch, squash, contact force, non-contact force, gravity, weight, friction, air…

Science // Forces & Motion

Compare how things move on different surfaces, noticing that some surfaces create more friction than others

Science // Forces & Motion

Notice that some forces need contact between two objects (contact forces) while magnetic forces can act at a distance (non-contact forces)

Science // Forces & Motion

Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others

Science // Forces & Motion

Describe magnets as having two poles (north and south) and predict whether two magnets will attract or repel based on which poles face each other

Science // Forces & Motion

Make observations and measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion

Science // Forces & Motion

Draw and interpret force diagrams showing forces as labelled arrows — where the arrow's length represents the force's magnitude and its direction shows which…

Science // Forces & Motion

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object

Science // Forces & Motion

Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object

Science // Forces & Motion

Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance, and friction, and understand that these forces act between moving surfaces to oppose motion