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This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about bubbles. All you need is some bubble mix (which there are instructions for you to make your own included in the lesson plan) and some other bits that should be readily available around the school or home. Dependent on the number of bubble wands/household items you have available to use for the experiments and the extension activities, the session can last between 30-50 minutes. It is entirely flexible. My children loved this one and re

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about the amount of sugar that is contained in our food and drinks. It also looks into how products are advertised and how important it is to look at the contents of food and not just the marketing messages! Can fruit flavoured water actually contain more sugar than a fizzy drink??? These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to las

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about being a detective and working out a variety of secret clues from code breaking using mirrors, water, code wheels, Morse code and more! It includes lots of activities the children can perform in the class and then take home and share with their parents. It's a great talking point for sharing a learning experience! This lesson plan also includes a really valuable animated PowerPoint which clearly helps show the answers to the clues! This

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about the sense of taste, smell and sight. Does taste work in isolation or is it connected to the sense of smell? How do the taste buds work and what do they tell you? This session plan helps you find out lots of things about the senses.... These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 45-60 minutes dependent on the act

This bundle contains all of the following lessons that are for sale individually from the Flash Bang Pop! store. Bubbles Water Filters Static Electricity Sense of Hearing Sense of Touch & Sight Sense of Taste, Smell & Sight Reactions Fair Tests & Fatty Milk Light & Colour (x2) Hidden Sugars (x2) Buy this bundled pack for a bargain price and save yourself $5 dollars. See the individual lessons for more details and thumbnails etc. These are great sessions to use in class or as an after school

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about light and the colours that make up white light. It also looks into how we are able to see things the right way up and the importance of lenses! These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 90-120 minutes dependent on the activities you choose to include! The lesson is designed around 2 x 45-60 minute sessions.

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about filtering water. All you need is some water, cups, dirt and different materials. The children can use the worksheet to predict and record their answers. The session can be designed to last between 45-60 minutes dependent on the number of materials and dirt that you use! Have fun but don't forget to wash your hands afterwards and never drink the filtered water, even if it looks safe enough to drink!

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about how the brain can become confused and see things or feel things that aren't really there! It includes lots of activities the children can perform in the class and then take home and share with their parents. It's a great talking point for sharing a learning experience! This lesson plan also includes a really valuable animated PowerPoint which clearly shows children how the brain has been tricked! This session includes lots of fun and m

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about different reactions that can occur when you mix certain things together. What things react together? What is is about them that make them react? What is the result of the reaction? This session plan helps you find out... These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 60-90 minutes dependent on the activities you ch

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about the properties of fatty milk. It also introduces the concept of performing fair tests. What do fair tests tell you? Why are they important? What can you do with full fat milk but you can't do with low fat milk? Why is that? This session plan helps you find out.... These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 45-6

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about why we use units and their real value and importance. It demonstrates the impact of not using any units when trying to make and follow a map. What happens if you don't specify a precise length or provide a direction? Does everyone end up in the same or different places!! Lots of activities are included along with a PowerPoint that supports the lesson. This session includes lots of fun and memorable experiments for children to try. T

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about push and pull forces. It looks at how push and pull forces can cause things to change shape, direction and change speed. It includes lots of activities the children can perform in the class and then take home and share with their parents. It's a great talking point for sharing a learning experience! This lesson plan also includes a really valuable animated PowerPoint which clearly shows children the changes that can take place when a

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about the sense of touch and sight. How does it feel when you can only use touch alone? Are some parts of the body more sensitive to touch than others? Why is that? This session plan helps you find out why.... These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 45-60 minutes dependent on the activities you choose to include!

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about our amazing sense of hearing. It looks at how you can focus your hearing and tune it to become more aware of sounds and surroundings especially if you take away the sense of sight! These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 45-60 minutes dependent on the activities you choose to include! This session is perfec

This lesson plan gives you a fun hands-on lesson all about static charge. It helps you understand why you sometimes get a static shock when you touch things! It also helps you understand why your hair stands up when you rub a balloon against, we've all seen it happen, but how many people know why it happens?? These are simple and effective activities with no preparation required other than gathering the readily available equipment! The session can be designed to last between 45-60 minutes de

These resources contain: A) 1 page doc that details all the KS1 Science Learning Objectives associated with the new national curriculum that comes into effect from September 2014. B) 1 page doc that details all the KS1, Year 1 Science Notes and guidance that is associated with the new national curriculum that comes into effect from September 2014. C) 1 page doc that details all the KS1, Year 2 Science Notes and guidance that is associated with the new national curriculum that comes into effect f

This document maps each item from the current England & Wales national science curriculum to it’s equivalent (or thereabouts!) item in the newly published 2014 national science curriculum. It also highlights the items that have been dropped from the current national curriculum and the items have that have been added to the new 2014 curriculum. This doc is a perfect way for quickly seeing the changes that have taken place! Hopefully it highlights all the changes and will save you hours of work. A

This document maps each item from the current UK national science curriculum to it’s equivalent (or thereabouts!) item in the newly published 2014 national science curriculum for England and Wales. It also highlights the items that have been dropped from the current national curriculum and the items have that have been added to the new 2014 curriculum. This document is a perfect way for quickly seeing the changes that have taken place! Hopefully it highlights all the changes for you and will sav

These resources contain: A) 1 page colour doc that details all the KS2 Science Learning Objectives associated with the new national curriculum that comes into effect from September 2014. B) A series of 1 page per year for the notes and guidance.that is associated with the new national curriculum that comes into effect from September 2014.