1. St Teresa Catholic Primary school
Science games and other practical ideas
By Catherine Attard

2. Musical Forces:

3. Why use games in Science?
Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning – Diane Ackerman
We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing – George Bernard Shaw
Play is the highest form of research – Albert Einstein

4. How can we use games in science?
Starter activities to introduce a new topic or recap from a previous lesson.
Learn vocabulary
Small group work - interventions
Assessment – At beginning and end of topic

5. Examples of games to play:
Board games
Quiz
Bingo
Dot game
Matching games – Pictures to vocab
There are lots of games on the internet.
Some that you can print out or make and
There are many that you can also play
online. – lots of ideas from twinkl and pinterest

6. Role cards for investigations
Checker
Measurer
Equipment
Manager
Scribe
Time
Keeper
Noise
Monitor
Team
Leader
Reporter

7. Dr Science:
A character that can be found around the school to do with extra science activities.
Dining Room Display
Playground box

8. Science peers:
Parent workshop and science for homework.

9. Science club: Meet once a week after school.
21year six children attend.
Book reviews
Experiments – based on their ideas.
Working in outdoor classroom
Applying to become Science Monitors, Garden Monitors, Resource Monitors and Eco Monitors.

10. Games children have made:
Last task given was to make a game that other year
groups could use to learn about science.
They came up with board games using scratch, quizzes, jigsaw puzzles.

11. Please keep in touch
I would be very interested to know if any one tries any games in their lessons or other ideas and how you got on with them.
Please share with me your name, school and address.
Catherine Attard
ST Teresa Catholic Primary School