Materials may be natural or man-made. They may exist as solids, liquids and gases, and as a mixture of states.
ABPI
In this activity children use the exciting space mission to understand the concept of orbits and to link this to their understanding of gravity.
Felix Levinson
In this activity children investigate the movement of waves and use a chart to explain how to predict when a tsunami may hit.
Jacqueline Frost
In this activity children investigate the effects of gravity and create a series of force diagrams to explain what it would be like in zero gravity.
Jacqueline Frost
In this activity children learn about friction and investigate the grip of different shoes to decide which are appropriate for racing on sports day.
Petra Mitchard
In this activity children learn about buoyancy and how it is affected by different water conditions and learn the importance of a Plimsoll Line.
Petra Mitchard
These images are ideal for stimulating discussion in science topics for students of all ages and for student project work.
Practical Action
In this activity children work out how Tasers work in the context of Wonder Woman learning how to use it.
In this activity children will learn what happens when electrical circuits are broken.
In this activity children design paper planes and devise rules for their class competition and will cover ideas about air resistance and fair testing.
In this activity children learn how such an enormous plane can take off and stay in the air and design an Airbus for their school.
In this activity children design a boat made of recyclable materials and consider the forces acting on a boat.