All Key stage 2: topic C5a articles – Page 2
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ResourceSolids, Liquids and Gases
Cartoon animations that explain in simple terms why different materials have different properties and how they change on heating and cooling. Other animations cover separating solids from liquids and show what happens to a solid when it dissolves in a liquid. Courtesy of the ABPI.
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ResourceThermochromic materials
A hidden use of chemistry in everyday life includes thermochromic materials that change colour when exposed to heat or cold
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ResourceMagic sand
Putting the magic in magic sand this resource explores hydrophobic substances and how they work
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ExperimentCrime scene chromatography
Using three different black pens, learners can put their scientific curiosity to use and explore chromatography
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ResourceInsulation and conduction: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘Insulation and conduction’ chapter from That’s Chemistry!: This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn how materials have different properties, including whether they are conductors or insulators of heat and/or electricity.
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ResourceGrouping and classifying materials: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘grouping and classifying materials’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at the key ideas and activities that can be used to teach primary students how to group and classify materials.
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ResourceCracking Chemistry!
Work your way through these fun chemistry practicals developed by National Science & Engineering Week.
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ExperimentChemistry in your shopping basket
Demonstrate the diversity of chemistry in our day-to-day lives with this collection of experiments. Includes kit list and safety instructions for five practicals
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ResourceBeat the flood challenge
Links to Practical Action’s beat the flood challenge, including the teacher and student materials, beat the flood poster, competition winners and schools’ experiences of the challenge. Video: Beat the flood
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ResourceModelling sedimentary rocks
Students use syringes to make samples of sedimentary rock from sand both with and without cementing agents.
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ResourceLimestone weathering
This activity is designed for students aged 11-14. It can be used to reinforce work on the reactions of carbonates with acids as well as the chemical weathering of rock.
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ResourceHand warmers
Use these student activities and teacher guide to investigate reusable and disposable hand warmers. You will compare reusable variants made with sodium acetate vs disposable handwarmers. You can also try making your own hand warmers. These activities may work well as a project on class topics like ‘winter’ or ‘body ...
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ResourceWeathering and erosion
Examine the ways in which water can weather rocks, by solution and by freeze-thaw.
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ResourceWood conservation - the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose is a wooden Tudor warship that sank off Portsmouth in 1545. While on the sea bed, most of her hull became covered in silt, which effectively sealed it and the artefacts it contained in anaerobic (air-free) conditions and preserved them from decay.
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ResourceSpace: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic space. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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ResourceThe Victorians: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic the Victorians. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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ResourceThe Stone Age: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic the stone age. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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ResourceMaya and Aztecs: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic the Maya and Aztecs. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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