Science: Key stage 2 (KS2)
In science at KS2, pupils work in the following areas of knowledge, skills and understanding:
Scientific enquiry
- Ideas and evidence in science
- Investigative skills
- Planning
- Obtaining and presenting evidence
- Considering evidence and evaluating
Life processes and living things
- Life processes
- Humans and other animals
- Green plants
- Variation and classification
- Living things in their environment
Materials and their properties
- Grouping materials
- Changing materials
- Separating mixtures of materials
Physical processes
- Electricity
- Forces and motion
- Light and sound
- The earth and beyond
In science at KS2, pupils learn about a wider range of living things, materials and phenomena. They begin to make links between ideas and to explain things using simple models and theories. They apply their knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas to familiar phenomena, everyday things and their personal health. They begin to think about the positive and negative effects of scientific and technological developments on the environment and in other contexts. They carry out more scientific investigations, working on their own and with others. They use a range of reference sources in their work. They talk about their work and its significance, and communicate ideas using a wide range of scientific language, conventional diagrams, charts and graphs.
The challenges listed under KS1 still apply but there are additional things to consider for children with:
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