Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify examples of pushes, pulls and twists.
- Define a force, including describing, naming and classifying contact and non-contact forces.
- Describe the relationship between friction and the roughness of a surface.
- Identify examples of friction being useful or not.
- Predict attraction and repulsion between like and opposite poles.
- Identify examples of magnetic and non-magnetic materials.
- Name some examples of types of magnets and compare their strengths.
- Describe some examples of the uses of magnets.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use arrows and scientific vocabulary to show the direction of a contact force.
- Use evidence to support conclusions.
- Identify the variables to change, measure and control.
- Write a method to explain how to use a magnet to sort and classify materials as magnetic or non-magnetic.
- Label the axes of a bar chart.
- Draw bars on a chart accurately.
- Identify key information from a source.
- Use more than one source to research a question.
Please note that Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Y3/4: Lesson 1: Pushes, pulls and twists
Y3/4: Lesson 2: Friction
Y3/4: Lesson 3: Investigating friction
Y3/4: Lesson 4: Magnets
Y3/4: Lesson 5: Investigating magnet strength
Y3/4: Lesson 6: Uses of magnets
Key skills
- Beginning to
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Examples of contact
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Key vocabulary
attract
contact force
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Modelling dough ×1
- Sticky tack ×1
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Table tennis or small balls
×15 - String ×1
- Sticky tape ×1
- Envelopes ×30
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Large space with a shiny floor (e.g. school hall)
×1 - Tape measure ×1
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Sticky notes (yellow and blue)
×30 -
Plastic bottle caps (one plain and one with sandpaper on the bottom)
×10 -
Toy cars
×10 - Ramps ×10
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Props for ramps
×10 -
Meter rulers
×10 - Various materials to put on ramps to investigate friction (e.g. foil, cardboard, bubble wrap, sandpaper, tea towel) ×10
- Bar magnets ×30
- Digital camera ×8
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Sandwich bags of magnetic and non-magnetic materials (e.g. coins, keys, bolts, aluminium foil, copper wire and marbles)
×1 - Highlighters ×10
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Science Y3/4 (B): Forces and space: Forces and magnets
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the mixed-age unit ‘Forces and magnets’.
Vocabulary display – Science Y3/4 (B): Forces and space: Forces and magnets
A display version of the key vocabulary from the mixed-age unit 'Forces and magnets'.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English:
- Writing, non-fiction writing.
Maths:
- Measurement, measuring length.
- Statistics, drawing bar charts.
British values:
- Mutual respect.
