Year group: 2 Topic/title: Term: Autumn Knowledge, Skills and Understanding Hook: Science Skills Resources Creative Arts Links Suggested Texts/ Reading Links Children should be taught A variety of materials including Design, plan and make a toy Lego City- Sonia Sander to: wood/metal/plastic. plane, then evaluate its Solid object that children can test by effectiveness. identify and compare the squashing, bending, twisting and Using different materials as suitability of a variety of stretching. musical instruments. everyday materials, Key vocabulary including wood, metal, squashing, bending, twisting and plastic, glass, brick, rock, stretching. Hard/soft, stretchy/stiff, paper and cardboard for shiny/dull, rough/smooth, particular uses bendy/not bendy, waterproof/not find out how the shapes of waterproof, absorbent/not solid objects made from absorbent, opaque/transparent some materials can be Working scientifically: changed by squashing, Pupils might work scientifically by: bending, twisting and comparing the uses of everyday stretching. materials in and around the school Pupils might find out about with materials found in other places people who have developed (at home, the journey to school, on useful new materials, for visits, and in stories, rhymes and example John Dunlop, songs); observing closely, identifying Charles Macintosh or John and classifying the uses of different McAdam. materials, and recording their observations. Humanities/ History Resources Enrichment Gifted and Talented Lives of significant Simple biographies. Natural and man-made individuals in the past who Information books. materials have contributed to national and international
Year group: 2 Topic/title: Term: Autumn Knowledge, Skills and Understanding Hook: Science Skills Children should be taught to: 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. Pupils might find out about people who have developed useful new materials, for example John Dunlop, Charles Macintosh or John McAdam. Resources A variety of materials including wood/metal/plastic. Solid object that children can test by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. Key vocabulary squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. Hard/soft, stretchy/stiff, shiny/dull, rough/smooth, bendy/not bendy, waterproof/not waterproof, absorbent/not absorbent, opaque/transparent Working scientifically: Pupils might work scientifically by: comparing the uses of everyday materials in and around the school with materials found in other places (at home, the journey to school, on visits, and in stories, rhymes and songs); observing closely, identifying and classifying the uses of different materials, and recording their observations. Creative Arts Links Design, plan and make a toy plane, then evaluate its effectiveness. Using different materials as musical instruments. Suggested Texts/ Reading Links Lego City- Sonia Sander Humanities/ History Lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international Resources Simple biographies. Information books. Enrichment Gifted and Talented Natural and man-made materials
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