Science Scheme of Work
Learning in Science follows the National Curriculum Programme of Study.
Year Group | Area of Study | Famous Scientists to study |
EYFS | Similarities and difference between humans, animal habitats, simple forces | What is a scientist? |
Year 1 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Amy Vedder (Biologist) Charles Macintosh (Chemist) Inez Fung (Physicist) |
Year 2 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Steve Irwin (Biologist) Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (Chemist) Meteorologist - Anders Celcius (Physicist) |
Year 3 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Charles Darwin (Biologist) Sir Humphrey Davy (Chemist) James Clerk Maxwell (Physicist) |
Year 4 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Carl Linnaeus (Biologist) Alfred Bahard Nobel (Chemist) Heinrich Hertz (Physicist) |
Year 5 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Heather M Briggs (Biologist) Marie Curie (Chemist) Issac Newton (physicist) |
Year 6 | Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Marie Tharp (Chemist) Stephen Gray (Chemist) Jean- Bernard-Leon Foucault (Physicist) |
Every unit of work has an associated knowledge web that goes with it.
See below for a KS1 and a KS2 example.