PrimaryViewPoint Key Stage Two Science Resource

Types of food MeatMeatFatsFats Starches and sugars FruitFruitVegetablesVegetables FishFish Taken from Unit 3A – Teeth and eating

Investigation: Do plants need leaves to grow well? Taken from Unit 3B – Helping plants grow well

Things made from plastic flower pot packaging ballpoint pen water pipes dustbin bottle Here are objects that are all made out of PLASTIC Taken from Unit 3C – Characteristics of materials

fine grains dull rough red Useful words to describe rocks miniscule fine grains crystals sharp jagged angular shiny dull smooth rough large pink yellow dark grey light grey black red brown white blue crumbly Sandstone Taken from Unit 3D – Rocks and soils

Where are springs used? A TRAMPOLINE has springs round the edge to make it bouncy The spring in a SPRAY CAN pushes the button back up when you release it Taken from Unit 3E – Magnets and springs

Light and dark This is because light travels in STRAIGHT LINES In this tube there is a straight line from one end to the other In this tube there is only a straight line UP TO HERE The light CANNOT go any further Taken from Unit 3F – Light and shadows

Growing bones HEAD ONESIXTH HEIGHT Look at this skeleton you can see that the HEAD takes up about ONE SIXTH of his HEIGHT How does this compare with a young child? Taken from Unit 4A – Moving and growing

A Desert In which of these habitats would you find a chimpanzee? B Arctic C RainforestD Ocean C Rainforest Taken from Unit 4B – Habitats

Drying washing To dry things, you want them to have a large surface area To dry things, you want them to blow in the wind, without getting creased Taken from Unit 4C – Keeping warm

Making filter coffee Coffee beans cannot pass through the filter paper Some of the coffee dissolves in the water and can pass through the filter Taken from Unit 4D – Solids, liquids and separating

What does a parachute do? Taken from Unit 4E – Friction

Electricity flowing in a circuit ELECTRONS ELECTRONS are always in the wire just like water is always in this pipe. Taken from Unit 4F – Circuits and Conductors water flow electricityflow The water pump makes the water flow, just like a battery makes the electricity flow.

Balanced meals This is an Indian meal naan bread rice vegetables chicken curry Taken from Unit 5A – Keeping healthy

Plants with flowers These plants are all in FLOWER Tomato Runner bean Mallow Strawberry Cherry Buttercup Taken from Unit 5B – Life cycles

Particles in solids In a SOLID the molecules vibrate The way the TINY particles in the substances move matches with the PROPERTIES of the SOLIDS, LIQUIDS and GASES The way the TINY particles in the substances move matches with the PROPERTIES of the SOLIDS, LIQUIDS and GASES In a LIQUID the molecules vibrate more In a GAS the molecules move around quickly Taken from Unit 5C – Gases around us

How can you smell? If you open a bottle of perfume, you will soon smell it at the other side of the room This is because as the perfume evaporates the molecules escape into the air and travel to your nose – and everyone elses! Taken from Unit 5D – Changing state

How big are the moon, the sun and the Earth? Beachball Pea Bead Sun Earth Moon This show the BEST MATCH for the Sun, the Earth and the Moon This show the BEST MATCH for the Sun, the Earth and the Moon Taken from Unit 5E – Earth, Sun and Moon

High, low, loud and soft Musical sounds can have a… HIGH pitch LOW pitch LOW volume (QUIET) HIGH volume (LOUD) Tuba Harp Flute Timpani Taken from Unit 5F – Changing sounds

Food chain Seaweed Fish Seals Polar Bears provide food for provides food for CONSUMERS Fish are CONSUMERS. They consume (eat) the seaweed CONSUMERS Fish are CONSUMERS. They consume (eat) the seaweed CONSUMERS Seals are CONSUMERS. They consume (eat) the fish CONSUMERS Seals are CONSUMERS. They consume (eat) the fish PRODUCER Seaweed is a PRODUCER. It actual makes food PRODUCER Seaweed is a PRODUCER. It actual makes food CONSUMERS Polar bears are CONSUMERS. They consume (eat) the seals CONSUMERS Polar bears are CONSUMERS. They consume (eat) the seals Taken from Unit 6A – Interdependence and adaptation

Mouldy food Mouldybread Mouldy bread Mouldycheese Mouldy cheese Mouldyfruit Mouldy fruit Mouldona kitchen spoon Mould on a kitchen spoon OLDER MULTIPLY MOULDY As food gets OLDER the microbes in the food MULTIPLY and make the food go MOULDY MOULDS Many MOULDS could make you ill if you eat them Taken from Unit 6B – Micro-organisms

Using a line graph 25ºC 45 seconds This shows that at 25ºC, the time taken to dissolve would be about 45 seconds Taken from Unit 6C – More about dissolving

Irreversible changes IRREVERSIBLE eggs egg in shell plaster of paris powder whisked egg fried egg solid plaster of paris IRREVERSIBLE Taken from Unit 6D – Reversible and irreversible changes

Dropping a football Large force of GRAVITY Small force of AIR RESISTANCE FORCE OF GRAVITY When you release a football from a height it will fall downwards because of the FORCE OF GRAVITY ROUND SMOOTHAIR A ball is ROUND and SMOOTH so that the AIR can move past it quite easily FORCEAIR RESISTANCE So the FORCE of AIR RESISTANCE trying to stop the ball from falling is quite small Taken from Unit 6E – Forces in action

Light travels from a source RAYS OF LIGHT There are actually many RAYS OF LIGHT bouncing off the object but the diagrams become too complicated if you put them all in Taken from Unit 6F – How we see things

Which run on battery? Taken from Unit 6G – Changing circuits

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