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Medium Term Plan – Science
Phase – Years 1 and 2
Year 1
Autumn 2
Autumn 1
The Human Body: The Five Senses
1. Identify the five senses - sight, hearing, taste,
smell, touch
2. Identify the body parts associated with each
sense
3. Understand the importance of taking care of
your body - exercise, cleanliness, healthy
foods and rest
Animals and Their Needs
Jane Goodall (studied chimpanzees)
1. Animals need food, water, space to live and
grow
2. Offspring are very much (but not exactly) like
their parents
3. Pets have needs and must be cared for by
their parents
Spring 2
Spring 1
Seasons and Weather
Wilbur and Orville Wright (first aeroplane)
Year 2
Living Things and their Environments (1)
1. Living things live in environments to which
they are particularly suited
2. Specific habitats include - forest, meadow,
underground, desert and water
3. The food chain is a way of picturing the
relationship between living things and
animals can be classified according to what
they eat
Living Things and their Environments (2)
1. Most of Earth is covered in water, oceans
contain salt water (unlike fresh water rivers
and lakes)
2. The oceans are home to a diverse range of
living things from plankton to whales
3. Humans can be a danger to ocean life for
example, over fishing, pollution and oil spills
The Human Body: Systems and Preventing Illness
Edward Jenner (found a way to stop smallpox)
and Louis Pasteur (made milk safe to drink)
1. Our skeletal system is made up of bones, the
1. We have four seasons, spring, summer,
skull protects our brain, our muscular system is
autumn and winter
made up of muscles that help us move
2. The sun is a source of light and warmth
2. Our digestive system processes our food, our
3. Daily weather changes may feature changes
circulatory system pumps blood around our
in temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, thunder,
bodies
snow
3. Our nervous system sends messages around
our body
Matter
Properties of Matter: Measurement
Rosalind Franklin (female scientist discovered
the double helix structure of DNA)
Taking Care of the Earth
1. Some of Earth’s natural resources are limited
2. Pollution can be harmful
3. We can take measures to preserve Earth’s
resources, for example, recycle
1. Length is a unit of measurement we can use
to measure things end to end (centimetre,
metre)
2. Volume is a unit of measurement we can use
to measure how much 3-D space an object
occupies, capacity is the amount a
container holds (millilitre and litre)
3. Temperature is a unit of measurement that
we can use to measure warmth (degrees
Celsius)
Summer 1
Plants and Plant Growth
Joseph Banks (botanist)
1. Plants need warmth, light and water to grow
2. The basic parts of a plant include seeds,
roots, stems, branches and leaves
3. Some plants can be eaten and some of our
food comes from farms as crops
Summer 2
Materials and Magnetism
1. Widely used materials include wood, plastic,
paper, rock and metal
2. Materials are chosen for specific tasks based
on their properties
3. Magnetism is a force we cannot see
Electricity
Thomas Edison (invented the electric light bulb)
1. The basic parts of a simple circuit are batteries, wires, a bulb or buzzer and a switch
2. Some materials conduct electricity, others do
not
3. Electricity can be dangerous and we must
follow safety rules to prevent accidents
Astronomy and the Earth
1. The eight planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto
is a dwarf planet)
2. Earth revolves on an axis and orbits the Sun
3. Inside the Earth there are three main layers,
the crust, the mantle and the core, which is
very hot
Medium Term Plan – Science
Phase – Years 3 and 4
Year 3
Year 4
Classification of Animals
Autumn 1
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Cycles in Nature
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Autumn 2
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Our seasonal cycle includes spring (sprouting,
hatching, sap flow), summer (growth), Autumn
(ripening, migration) and winter (plant dormancy,
animal hibernation)
The life cycle on Earth includes birth, growth,
reproduction, death
The water cycle on Earth involves evaporation,
condensation, water vapour, clouds, precipitation
and groundwater
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Scientists classify animals according to the
characteristics they share, for example: cold
blooded, warm blooded, vertebrates,
invertebrates
Mammals are warm blooded, have hair on their
bodies, parents care for the young, females
produce milk for their offspring, they breathe
through lungs and most are terrestrial
Fish are aquatic animals, they breathe through
gills, are cold-blooded, most have scales and most
develop from eggs that the female lays outside
her body
The Human Body: Systems, Vision and Hearing
Muscles and our skeleton - our skeleton and
muscles work together to help us move and
include: voluntary and involuntary muscles, skull,
spine, joints, ribs, pelvis
Our nervous system sends messages throughout
our body to help our body to function and stay
safe
Our vision and hearing help us to experience the
world. Key parts of the eye include the cornea, iris
and pupil. Key parts of the ear include: the outer
ear, the inner ear, the ear drum, and three tiny
bones (hammer, anvil and stirrup)
Insects
Spring 1
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Spring 2
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Insects can be helpful (honey, beeswax, silk,
eating harmful insects, pollination) and also
harmful (destroy crops, trees, wooden buildings,
clothes, carry disease, bite or sting)
Insects have distinguishing characteristics exoskeleton, six legs, three body parts (head,
thorax, abdomen), and most but not all insects
have wings
Some insects live in a social structure, for example
ants, honeybees, termites and wasps
The Human Body: Cells, Systems and Health
All living things are made up of cells, cells make up
tissues, tissues make up organs and organs work in
systems
The digestive system processes the food we eat,
important parts include: salivary glands, taste
buds, teeth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, intestines
In order to care for our body we must eat a
healthy diet including essential vitamins and
minerals
Light and Optics
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Light travels at an amazingly high speed
Light can be reflected in certain directions from
flat, concave or convex reflective surfaces
White light is made up of a spectrum of colours
Sound
Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone)
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Sound is caused by an object vibrating rapidly
Sounds can travel through solids, liquids and gases
Sound waves are much slower than light waves
Summer 1
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Specific tools are designed for specific jobs, for
example, hammers, screwdrivers, pliers
Simple machines include - levers, pulleys, wheels
and axles, inclined planes, wedges and screws
Simple machines can help to make tasks easier
Magnetism
Summer 2
Ecology
Simple Machines
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Magnetism demonstrates there are forces we
cannot see that act upon objects
Magnets have poles - north-seeking and southseeking, the law of magnetic attraction shows us
that like poles repel and unlike poles attract
Compasses use a magnetic needle that always
points north
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There is often interdependence between living
things within a habitat
An ecosystem is a community of living things,
changes to the environment and man-made
changes can impact upon ecosystems
Man-made threats to the environment include air
pollution and water pollution
Astronomy
Caroline Herschel (astronomer)
Earth rotates on an axis which causes day and
night. Our seasons are caused by Earth’s orbit
around the sun and the tilt of the Earth’s axis
Our sun is a star; the light we see from the stars in
the sky has travelled a very long way. People have
imagined the stars can join together to make
pictures of things like animals, these are called
constellations
People explore space by looking through
telescopes, sending unmanned rockets into space
and even by travelling into space
Medium Term Plan – Science
Phase – Years 5 and 6
Year 5
Year 6
Chemistry: Matter and Change
Autumn 2
Autumn 1
The Human Body: Circulation and
Respiration
1. Atoms can join together to make
molecules
2. Elements are basic kinds of matter that
1. The heart has four chambers
have only one kind of atom, they can be
2. Our blood moves around our body
organised into metals and non-metals
through blood vessels - arteries, veins and 3. Chemical change involves altering what
capillaries
a molecule is made up of and results in a
3. The respiratory system allows us to take in
new substance whereas physical change
oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide
only alters the properties or appearance
of the substance e.g. cutting wood,
breaking glass
Chemistry: Basic Terms and Concepts
1. All matter is made up of particles too
small for the eye to see, called atoms.
Properties of matter include mass,
volume and density. A vacuum is the
absence of matter
2. Elements are basic kinds of matter and
they only have one kind of atom, for
example, gold, copper, aluminium,
oxygen and iron
3. A solution is formed when one substance
is dissolved in another substance
Spring 2
Spring 1
Geology
1. The layers of the Earth create
phenomenon on the surface of the earth
that we can see such as volcanoes and
earthquakes
2. Sedimentary rock is made from tiny
particles of sand and debris squeezed
together over a long time, igneous rock is
formed from molten lava which cools
and solidifies, metamorphic rock is rock
that has changed form due to heat or
pressure
3. Water, wind, plants and ice cause
weathering which crack and crumble
rock over time; erosion also changes the
surface of the earth
Classifying Living Things
1. All living things are made of cells - some
organisms are made up of a single cell,
others contain different cells with
different purposes
2. Scientists have divided living things into
five large groups called kingdoms
3. Each kingdom is divided into smaller
groups to help with classification
Plant Structures and Processes
1. Vascular plants have tube-like structures
that allow water and dissolved nutrients
to move through the plant
2. Photosynthesis is an important life process
that occurs in plant cells, but not animal
cells
3. Photosynthesis creates food for plants
Life Cycles and Reproduction
1. The life cycle involves the development
of an organism from birth to growth,
reproduction and death
2. Sexual reproduction requires the joining
of male and female cells
3. Flowering plants reproduce through
sexual reproduction
The Human Body: Hormones and
Reproduction
Summer 2
Summer 1
Electricity
1. Puberty describes the period during
which our bodies change and become
1. Electricity is the charge of electrons
capable of reproduction
2. Electric circuits can be open or closed
2. Male and female humans have
3. Electromagnets are a type of magnet
reproductive systems; sexual
where the magnetic field is created by
reproduction involves the joining of male
an electric current; they can be switched
and female cells
on and off
3. Our bodies contain chemicals called
hormones which control different body
processed such as growth
Meteorology
1. The water cycle on Earth involves
evaporation, condensation, water
vapour, clouds, precipitation and
groundwater (review from Year 3)
2. Forecasting the weather involves
monitoring atmospheric conditions and
making informed predictions
3. Weather refers to daily changes in
temperature, rainfall, sunshine whereas
climate refers to weather over time
Evolution and Adaption
1. Animals have offspring that are of the
same kind, but often offspring have
different appearances
2. Animals and plants have adapted to suit
the environment within which they live
3. Adaptation may lead to evolution
(Darwin’s finches)