Games
Game - Operation Ouch! Billy Bones and the Snot Zombies
Learn facts about different human bones, escape the snot zombies and help the doctors put Billy Bones back together in this interactive Science game for KS2 students.
Game - Junkateers
the Junkateers on their mission to tidy up the planet. Work scientifically by sorting through scrap and running experiments to identify materials for recycling.
Game - Earth Squad, Go!
the Earth Squad and use your Science skills to complete the missions. Don't forget to catch the vines and collect stars on the way!
Game - Science Bots
the Science Bots in Space and help complete their experiments. Learn and test topics: Earth and Space, electricity, forces and magnets, light and sound.
Game - Operation Ouch: It Takes Guts
Improve and test your scientific knowledge of the with Operation Ouch: It Takes Guts. Learn about the human digestive system from the mouth to the bum.
Living things and their habitats
What is classification?
Learn about classification with this guide.
How to classify plants and animals
Learn how to classify plants and animals.
What are classification keys?
Learn about classification keys with this guide.
Changing environments
Learn about the changing environments with this guide.
What is a life cycle?
Learn about different life cycles with this guide.
How animals reproduce
Learn how animals reproduce with this guide.
Transport of nutrients and water
Learn how nutrients and water are transported around different animal bodies in this guide.
What is a microorganism?
Microorganisms are very tiny living things. They are so small that you need a microscope to see them.
How do ecosystems work?
Learn more about ecosystems and how they work.
What is renewable and non-renewable energy?
Discover the differences between renewable and non-renewable energy.
What is waste?
Waste is rubbish that is thrown in the bin or recycled. What else can you do with waste?
How do human beings affect the environment?
Discover how humans have a positive and negative impact on the environment.
Food chain challenge - Savannah
Explore the African savannah and find out how the animals and plants are connected in different food chains.
Food chain challenge - Tundra
Explore the Arctic tundra and find out how the animals and plants are connected in different food chains.
Food chain challenge - Woodland
Explore a British woodland and find out how the animals and plants are connected in different food chains.
Plants
The structure of flowering plants
Learn about the structure of plants as well as key vocabulary.
What do plants need?
Learn what plants need to grow and survive.
Plants and water
Learn how water moves within a plant and why it is important for plant growth.
Why are plants important?
Learn about why plants are important.
Reproduction in flowering plants
Learn about reproduction in flowering plants.
Pollination and seed spreading
Learn about plant pollination and how plants spread their seeds.
Animals including humans
What is a vertebrate?
Learn about vertebrates with this guide.
What is an invertebrate?
Learn about invertebrates with this guide.
Animals and food
Learn about different animals and the food they eat with this guide.
What is a food chain?
Learn about food chains in this guide.
Changes in humans during their lifetime
Learn how humans change during their lifetime with this guide.
How do your muscles work?
Learn how muscles work with this guide.
What does your skeleton do?
Learn about your skeleton with this guide.
What is the digestive system?
Learn about the digestive system with this guide.
The circulatory system
Learn about the circulatory system with this guide.
Teeth
Learn about teeth with this guide.
The effects of diet, exercise and drugs
Learn about the effects of diet, exercise and drugs with this guide.
Sound
What is pitch?
Learn about pitch with this guide.
What is the volume of sound?
Learn about the volume of sound with this guide.
How are sounds detected?
Learn how sounds are detected with this guide.
How are sounds made?
Learn how sounds are made with this guide.
Electricity
What is electricity?
Discover where electricity comes from and how it is used in everyday life.
How to be safe around electricity
Find out about the risks of using electricity and how to be safe around it.
What are conductors and insulators?
Learn about the differences between conductors and insulators.
What are electrical circuits?
Learn how to put together electric circuits and design them to carry out a specific task.
Circuit symbols
Learn to recognise and draw different circuit symbols when deg your own electric circuit.
Electrical components
Learn about the different roles every electrical component has.
Properties and change of materials
How to identify materials
Learn how to identify different materials based on their physical properties.
Separation
Discover how to separate mixtures, such as sand and water.
Dissolving
Learn about dissolving with this Year 5 Bitesize Science guide.
Reversible and irreversible changes
Learn about chemical reactions and why some changes are reversible and some are not.
Testing materials
Learn about testing materials and their properties
Forces
Magnets
Learn about magnets and how to use them correctly.
Which materials are magnetic?
Learn which materials are magnetic and which are non-magnetic.
Moving on different surfaces
Learn how objects move differently, depending on which surface they are on.
Friction
Learn about the force of friction, that is different, depending on the surface an object is moving across.
Air and water resistance
Learn about the forces of air and water resistance.
Pulleys, levers and gears
Discover how pulleys, levers and gears can be used to help us move and lift heavy objects.
Earth and space
What is the Earth?
Learn about planet Earth, as well as day and night.
What is the Solar System?
Journey through the Solar System and learn about all the amazing planets that orbit the Sun.
The Sun
Learn about the Sun, which is the biggest star in the solar system.
The Moon
Learn more about the Moon with BBC Bitesize
What are the rocky planets?
Learn about each of the rocky planets in the solar system.
What are the gas planets?
Learn about each of the gas planets in the solar system.
Gravity
Learn about the force of gravity that pulls all objects towards the Earth.
Day and night
Learn how day and night happens every day.
How do reactions power rockets?
Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore the explosive power of rocket fuel and how astronauts get to the International Space Station.
How do astronauts stay alive in space?
Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore the effect of space on the body.
Do waves hold the secrets of space?
Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore what sound and light waves tell us about space.
Asteroids, comets, supernovas and stars
Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore outer space and comets.
How do astronauts return home?
Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore how astronauts make the trip from the International Space Station back to Earth.
Tim Peake: Ask an astronaut
Select from the list of questions to find out about Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station.
Light
What is light?
Learn about light and where it comes from with this guide.
How does the eye detect light?
Learn how the eye detects light with this guide.
What is reflection?
Learn about reflection with this guide.
Light and shadows
Learn about light and how shadows form in this guide.
Why are shadows made?
Explore how shadows are made with light.
States of matter
Solids, liquids and gases
Discover the differences between solids, liquids and gases.
Changing states
Learn about the processes of boiling, freezing, evaporation and condensation.
The water cycle
Discover how water travels around the water cycle.
Evolution and inheritance
What can fossils tell us?
Learn about fossils and what they can tell us about plants and animals from the past.
What is adaptation?
Learn about how animals adapt to their environment.
What is evolution?
Learn how animals have evolved over time.
What is inheritance?
Learn about inheritance with this Year 6 Bitesize Science guide.
Rocks
Fossils
Learn how fossils are made in this guide.
What is soil made from?
Learn about soil with this guide.
Types of rock
Learn more about the different types of rock that exist.
Working scientifically
Asking relevant questions
Learn how and why it is important to ask relevant questions when working scientifically.
How to use scientific equipment
Learn how to different scientific equipment when working scientifically.
Presenting data
Learn how to present data when working scientifically.
What is a fair test?
Learn how to make a test fair when working scientifically.
How do scientists write predictions and conclusions?
Learn how to draw conclusions and evaluate investigations when working scientifically.
How do scientists use their findings?
Learn how to evaluate and draw results when working scientifically.
What are secondary sources of information?
Learn more about secondary sources of information when working scientifically.
Planning experiments and variables
Learn about planning experiments and variables when working scientifically with this Bitesize Science guide.
Recording and presenting scientific data
Learn about recording and presenting data and how it relates to working scientifically.
What are accuracy and precision?
Learn how to be accurate and precise when working scientifically.
Horrible Science
Horrible Science: Fossils
Explore fossils and find out what it was with the song and Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: The Shadow
Discover 'The Shadow' and if shadows can change shape with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Sound Da Vinci
Learn about Da Vinci and his investigations of sound with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Frankencircuit
Find out if Dr Frankenstein get the electrical circuit working correctly so Monster becomes alive with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: The water cycle
Find out more about how the water cycle works with this song from Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: The moon
After 4.5 billion years, the moon wants a day off! Discover more about the moon with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: The planets song
Learn facts about the planets and which order they go in with this song from Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Mr Simpling museum of marvellous machines
Explore Mr Simpling's marvellous machines including double pulleys, inclined planes, screws and gears with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Lever man
Discover how Clive has created a lever for everything but what is a lever? Find out with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Gravity the musical
Discover how gravity was discovered with experiments by Newton and Galileo and Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Climate Tech song
Find out about new ways to protect the world from climate change and sing along with Climate Tech song by Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Potato Ad
Explore how a potato can power a watch with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Meteor for the dinosaurs
Explore the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous times and which dinosaurs were around with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Dr Bigbrain and simple circuits
Explore simple electrical circuits and different electrical symbols with Dr Bigbrain and Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Women of Science
Explore how Mary Anning, Katherine Jenkinson, Marie Curie and Lise Meitner influenced modern science with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Professor D Tail
Learn why it is important to write clear and detailed notes when carrying out experiments and working scientifically with Professor D Tail and Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Science everyday
Discover how science is used all around us everyday from kettles to computers with this song from Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Evolve with it
Discover how species have adapted and evolved over time with this song by Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Hypothesis - Theory, Law and order
Learn how to work scientifically by asking questions, making predictions and hypotheses with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: The winter Olympics with added friction
Discover how friction works at the Winter Olympics with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Romance of science- working accurately and precisely
Explore how working accurately and precisely is important when working scientifically with Horrible Science.
Horrible Science: Francis Bacon, chicken death
Did snow really preserve raw chicken? Did Francis Bacon survive? Find out more with Horrible Science.
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