Science Resources
All ages
ASE Coronavirus Hub is a massive portal for science-based resources and activities. They have a Primary-focused resources directory and also Secondary-focused – both are curated and particularly aimed at teachers and other science educators.
All
Lots of fun videos and activities to do from Aerospace Bristol. Please keep checking back as more activities are added.
KS1
Science resources about plants, animals, human body, habitats and the environment, materials, forces, light and sound, electricity, earth and space and working scientifically. Resources include videos, games and quizzes.
KS2
Science resources on living world, human body, materials, forces and motion, light and sound, electricity, earth and space and working scientifically. Resources includes videos, games and quizzes.
Primary
Explorify presents a range of visual resources to help children learn and talk about science. They can make predictions in ‘Zoom In/ Zoom Out’ or ‘Odd one out’ activities, watch clear science videos or consider bigger questions in ‘What would happen if…? activities. Signing up to these resources is free.
All
Dyson engineers have designed these challenges specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom, they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering. 90 pages of fun science challenges – many of the challenges come with a video.
All ages
Youth Action website encouraging young people to get involved and to become ‘Plastic Clever’, reducing the use of single use plastic. This website contains a wealth of learning resources and inspiration together with a guide to becoming ‘Plastic Clever’ and a link to an app that can help children to log their litter picks and help to collect 100000 pieces of single use plastic.
Primary
Techniquest Cardiff are offering live Science lessons at 12 noon every day for Primary age children. You can subscribe to the techniquest YouTube channel. The first Daily Demo: Lava lamp.
14 to 19 Years
The Use of Animals in Research
These Nuffield Council on Bioethics resources aim to help students make informed decisions about the use of animals in research. There are 10 activities to choose from, made up of individual starters, activities, plenaries and an assessment exercise which can be dropped into a lesson or used as a whole according to a chosen programme of study.
Primary
There are a wealth of teaching resources available from the PSTT and, to support home learning, there are ‘Science fun at home’ activities released weekly. Activities include ‘Ice science’ and ‘Fun with spinners’. There are also Science and STEM Club resources that include activities, information about famous scientists/ engineers and factsheets to support learning.
All ages
A learning resource that provides weekly topical inspiration and videos for learning about the current events in the world around us.
Secondary
Free resources for kids (and parents) now learning at home. Science News for Students has news articles, activities and more for at-home learning
EYFS, Primary
A wealth of fun science activities, most of which can be completed at home with limited resources. There is an e-book (Science for Early Years) which can be downloaded for free.
All
Subject experts have put together a selection of resources – all of which are completely free for everyone to access. The subject experts are also available from 8.30am to 4.30pm on weekdays via their webchat, which you can find in the bottom right hand corner of all their web pages.
We will be adding new content and ideas every week
KS3, KS4
Online resource bank linking to other resources to support science in KS3 and KS4
KS2
Learning resources to support children learning about the skills needed for the huge range of NHS careers plus a current competition with a deadline of 1st May 2020 to say ‘Thank you’ to NHS staff.
All
Learning Resources: This site brings together resources from the Science Museum Group including activities, games and videos. Discover activities to support a range of curriculum topics for use in the classroom, in museum galleries and beyond.
Ages 6 to 14
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and maths) based activity packs for remote learning. Activities encompass all aspects of STEM, including coding, environmental sustainability and robotics. A range of activities will be released on Wednesday each week, involving technical, practical and physical elements. CGI are encouraging participants to post their best pictures of the activities and competitions on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook using #STEMfromHome and #ExperienceCGI. With the best entries shared across their Social Media channels.
The first 2 packs are out now: Introduction to Coding and Design and Robotics.
Year 2 to 6
This is a children’s science magazine, packed with information, investigations, puzzles and fascinating facts. The Whizz Pop Bang team have released some free experiments and reading comprehensions for use during school closures.
Primary
The Woodland Trust have a range of information and resources to support learning about nature- ideal for helping children to identify local species. Click on the ‘blog’ and select ‘children and families’ to get a range of nature activities to do at home – part three is all related to Easter.
Primary
A collection of some of the best primary science resources, games, videos and activities on the web organised in themes such as ‘Earth and Space’, Humans’ and ‘Plants’. Aimed at both teachers and parents.