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Key Stages One and Two Schemes of Work - Science

A scheme of work produced as optional guidance from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) to support the teaching of science at Key Stages One and Two (students aged 5-11), and intended to cover all the requirements of the 2000 National Curriculum programme of study.

Context
While the scheme of work is intended to be “a comprehensive and stimulating basis for schools planning their science curriculum for 2000 and beyond”, and to “help schools improve standards” the guidance stresses that the material was optional and shows “one way that they science programme of study can be interpreted for the classroom”. It was intended for adaptation by teachers to meet students’ diverse needs.

Development
The scheme was developed by QCA 'with teachers, advisers, researcher and those working in science education' – and informed by reports of good practice, research projects, and evidence from student performance in tests.

The units were written in such a way as to cover the statements of the National Curriculum programme of study. The guidance outlines expected levels of progress of most students through Years One to Six. The teaching sequences of each of the units are suggested – each unit being mapped to the programme of study statements for science (both content and scientific enquiry), and links being provided to show where the unit fits in, prior learning, health and safety, language for learning, resources and out-of-school learning. Each of the suggested teaching activities has learning objectives and outcomes, and other relevant points to note.

Components
The Scheme of Work comprises 38 teaching sequences presented as units of work, named by year-group from Years One to Six:

Unit 1A Ourselves
Unit 1B Growing plants
Unit 1C Sorting and using materials
Unit 1D Light and dark
Unit 1E Pushes and pulls
Unit 1F Sound and hearing
Unit 2A Health and growth
Unit 2B Plants and animals in the local environment
Unit 2C Variation
Unit 2D Grouping and changing materials
Unit 2E Forces and movement
Unit 2F Using electricity
Unit 3A Teeth and eating
Unit 3B Helping plants grow well
Unit 3C Characteristics of materials
Unit 3D Rocks and soils
Unit 3E Magnets and springs
Unit 3F Light and shadows
Unit 4A Moving and growing
Unit 4B Habitats
Unit 4C Keeping warm
Unit 4D Solids, liquids and how they can be separated
Unit 4E Friction
Unit 4F Circuits and conductors
Unit 5_6H Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts
Unit 5A Keeping healthy
Unit 5B Life cycles
Unit 5C Gases around us
Unit 5D Changing state
Unit 5E Earth, Sun and Moon
Unit 5F Changing sounds
Unit 6A Interdependence and adaptation
Unit 6B Micro-organisms (short unit)
Unit 6C More about dissolving
Unit 6D Reversible and irreversible changes (short unit)
Unit 6E Forces in action
Unit 6F How we see things (short unit)
Unit 6G Changing circuits (short unit)

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