Activities for 5-11 year olds which
use topical events to create uniquely engaging science
lessons.
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
As part of the Darwin 200 celebrations, ASE's Primary upd8 team has been working with The Open University's Evolution Megalab to provide free activities for school pupils.
KS1 5-7
KS2 7-11
Snail Hunt
This activity introduces pupils to Darwin's ideas on evolution by looking at variation, adaptation and distribution of banded snails. In this activity children use the correct vocabulary to describe habitats and different banded snails. Pupils take part in practical science, collecting snails and collating data and are shown how information that they collect relates to, and can be included on, the EvolutionMegalab website. www.evolutionmegalab.org
In this activity children will use the correct vocabulary to describe habitats and different banded snails (Cepaea snails - pronounced 'see-pee-ah'). Pupils take part in practical science, collecting snails and collating data and are shown how this information relates to, and can be included on, the EvolutionMegalab website www.evolutionmegalab.org which encourages children to accurately record their snail finds on a giant database to find out if and how the snail population is changing.
