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Scientific Vocabulary for Lower Key Stage Two

This resource contains lists of vocabulary, loop cards and word mats to help develop an understanding of key scientific words at primary level.

The twelve vocabulary lists cover the topics of: materials and their properties, electricity, friction, living things and their habitats, plants, keeping warm, light and shadows, magnets and springs, rocks and soils, teeth and eating and solids and liquids.

The resource, provided by Sheffield City Council, is part of a set of vocabulary lists produced for primary learners.

Scientific Vocabulary for Key Stage One
Scientific Vocabulary for Upper Key Stage Two

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