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"Children should use enquiry skills in context. These up-to-the-minute stories will captivate them"

Anne Goldsworthy
Primary Science Expert


Miracle Berry Creativity, cause & effect This is a KS1 activity. In the 1960s, Robert Harvey, a biomedical postgraduate student, encountered the miracle berry, a fruit from West Afric...	Crossing the River Forces and energy This is a KS1 activity. Children in Colombia in South America are facing a dangerous journey across a raging river to get to school and then b...	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...


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