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Lights Out!

Electricity
This is a KS1 activity. A cat and mouse have been blamed for causing a blackout in Albania. The country's main electricity company says that a...

Moose on the Loose

6A Interdependence and adaptation
For the first time in 1000 years moose are in the Scottish Highlands. The pair of moose has been flown in from Sweden and the landowner has bi...

Jurassic Coast

3D Rocks and soils
A landslip described as "the worst for 100 years" has destroyed more than 400 metres of Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast. The earth move...

     
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What is Primary upd8?  

Activities for 5-11 year olds which use topical events to create uniquely engaging science lessons.

Why Subscribe?
  • Make learning memorable and achieve better SATs results
  • UPD8s support literacy and numeracy and make great assembly material
  • They cover all 5-11 science topics and QCA units
  • They’re designed to take advantage of your interactive whiteboard
  • Make the science curriculum more relevant and exciting
  • Make teaching 'scientific enquiry' skills more compelling and accessible
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KS1 5-7

Getting Lost

KS2 7-11

Shark Attack Activity

Getting Lost

Teach about pushes and pulls using toy cars, lorries and maps.

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Shark Attack

Use the news about shark attacks to teach ‘scientific enquiry: cause and effect’, and ‘food chains’
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