Materials

• Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
• Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties
• Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses
• Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

Animals, including humans

• Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense
• Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
• Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)

Plants

• Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
• Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants & observe the growth of flowers and vegetables that they have planted
• Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
• Pupils might work scientifically by: observing and recording, with some accuracy, the growth of a variety of plants as they change over time from a seed or bulb, or observing similar plants at different stages of growth; setting up a comparative test to show that plants need light and water to stay healthy