Science labs

science labs

Science Labs - Learning Zone

Level: Primary Schools (UK) | Elementary Schools (USA)

Here, you'll find links to great websites to help your science learning.
If you're looking for the Year 6 UK Science Boot Camp version, you can find it here (both versions are the same, but the UK version has past SATs questions): Science Boot Camp

To link to Science Labs Learning Zone, please click here to find out how to do so.

Week 1

DAY 1
Food Chains

• Food chains & more
• Chain reaction
• Food webs
• Interdependence
• Interdependence
• Test yourself
• Food chains: quiz
• Food chains

DAY 2
Plants

• All about plants
• Plant explorer
• Helping plants grow
• What plants need
• Growing cress seeds
• More about plants
• Parts of a plant
• Parts of a flower 1
• Parts of a flower 2

DAY 3
Life-cycles

• Plant life-cycles 1
• Plant life-cycles 2
• Plant life-cycles 3
• Seed dispersal
• Plant reproduction
• Frog life-cycle
• Human life cycle
• The 7 life processes
• Plant life-cycles: quiz

DAY 4
Habitats

• Habitats
• Plant/animal habitats
• Build a habitat
• Grassland explorer
• Pond habitats
• Identify minibeasts
• Minibeast sorter

DAY 5
Micro-organisms

• What are they?
• Micro-organisms
• Micro-organisms (song & video)
• Bug investigators
• Useful or harmful?
• Composting
• Making bread
• Micro-organism: quiz

Week 2

DAY 6
Sorting & Keys

• Variation
• Sorting minibeasts
• Minibeast classification
• Variation
• Grouping animals
• Animal groups
• Using keys
• Sorting game
• Variation - sorting
• Animal game

DAY 7
Teeth

• Teeth & eating
• Where are my teeth?
• Types of teeth
• Structure of teeth
• Teeth
• Looking after teeth
• Build a mouth
• Teeth & eating: quiz

DAY 8
Human Body

• The Skeleton
• Label a skeleton
• Moving/growing-quiz
• Haunted house
• Healthy eating
• A balanced diet
• Exercise on health
• Keeping healthy
• Keeping healthy-quiz
• Muscles: quiz

DAY 9
Gases,liquids,solids

• Solids, liquids, gases
• Solids, liquids, gases
• Gases around us
• Melt the chocolate
• Video - very helpful!
• States of matter
• Viscosity test
• Interactive quiz
• Test your knowledge

DAY 10
Material Properties

• Characteristics of materials
• Characteristics
• Materials database
• Material matters
• Materials: quiz
• Material properties
• Materials: activity
• Keeping warm: quiz

Week 3

DAY 11
Changing state

• Changing matter
• Changing state
• Changing state
• Activity: ice to water
• Is it reversible?
• Soluble & insoluble
• Dissolving video
• More dissolving
• Different changes
• Changes: quiz
• Separating materials
• Separating mixtures
• Evaporation
• The water cycle
• The water cycle

DAY 12
Rocks & soils

• Rocks & soils
• Soil properties
• Soil experiment
• Properties of rocks
• Exploring rocks
• Rocks & soils: quiz

DAY 13
Electricity

• Changing circuits
• Changing circuits
• Electricty & circuits
• Electric circuits
• Electric circuit guide
• Building circuits
• Circuit builder
• Electrical conductors
• Who can resist?
• Electrical symbols
• Circuit symbols
• Light up the bulb
• Conductors: quiz

DAY 14
Changing Sounds

• Sound sources
• How sound travels
• Ocean odyssey!
• Loudness & pitch
• Pitch
• Changing sounds
• Loudness of sounds
• Sound ruler
• Pitch & sound waves
• Sources of sound
• Protect your ears

DAY 15
Forces

• Forces in action
• Forces in action
• Forces - animation
• Forces explained
• Professor Newton
• Forces: car on ramp
• Balanced forces
• 'Percy says' quiz
• Forces in action-quiz
• Friction
• Friction videos x 4
• Mr Zippy's trainers
• Play: click 'test track'

Week 4

DAY 16
Magnets & Springs

• Magnetism
• Magnets & springs
• Magnetic forces
• Magnazone
• Magnets: activity
• 'Percy says' quiz
• Magnets/springs-quiz

DAY 17
Earth & space

• The Earth & space
• The Earth
• Sun, Earth, Moon
• Earth & beyond
• Astro adventure
• The planets
• Explore the planets
• Phases of the moon
• Phases of the moon
• Phases of the moon
• In orbit
• The moon
• The moon: quiz
• Test your knowledge

DAY 18
Day/night/shadows

• Day & night 1
• Day & night 2
• Sunrise & sunset
• All about shadows
• Light & shadows
• Shadows
• Exploring shadows
• Bigger shadows
• Light/shadows: quiz
• Opaque objects

DAY 19
Light & Seeing

• Sammy's light guide
• How we see things
• Alien attack
• Sort light sources
• How the eye works
• Insight into eyesight
• How we see things
• How we see things
• Reflection
• Reflection - mirrors
• How we see: quiz
• Reflection: quiz

DAY 20
Investigating

• Predicting
• Planning
• Observing
• Interpreting
• Interpreting data
• Evaluating
• Fair tests
• Variables
• Units of measure
• Read temperatures
• Reading graphs
• Pie charts
• Maths data: quiz

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