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Science Curriculum Overview

Science Curriculum Overview

Year group

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 3

 

Plants

How does your garden grow?

 

Animals, including humans

Food and our bodies

 

Rocks

Earth rocks

 

Forces and magnets

Opposites attract

 

Light

Mirror, mirror

Year 4

 

Living things and their habitat

Living things

 

Animals, including humans

Teeth and eating

 

States of matter

Looking at states

 

 

Electricity

Power it up!

 

Sound

What’s that sound?

 

 

 Scientists and Inventors

 

Year 5

 

Animals, including humans

Growing up and growing old

 

Living things and habitats

Circle of life

 

Earth and space

Out of this world

 

 

Forces

Let’s get moving

 

Properties and changes of material

Material world

Year 6

 

Electricity

Electrifying

 

 

Light

Let it shine

 

Evolution and inheritance

We’re evolving

 

Living things and their habitat

Classifying critters

 

Animals, including humans

Staying alive

         

Working Scientifically