Science · Year 1

Sort the world into living and non-living things and discover what living things need.

⏱ 15 min · 11 questions

Learn the main parts of a plant and the job each part does to help the plant live and grow.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Explore where light comes from and how shadows are made when light is blocked.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Discover where water is found on Earth and the many ways living things use it every day.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Explore how the weather, plants and our clothes change through summer, autumn, winter and spring.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Discover how animals use body parts like wings, fins, claws and tails to move, eat and survive.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

See how we can bend, stretch, twist and squash materials to change their shape.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Listen closely! Discover how sounds are made and how they can be loud, quiet, high or low.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Discover how living things grow and change as they get older, from babies to adults.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Look up to see the Sun, Moon, clouds and stars, and learn what changes in the sky.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Discover how solids hold their shape and liquids flow and pour.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Explore the fur, feathers, scales and skin that cover different animals.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Find out how the shape of an object changes the way it moves.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Discover how light makes colours and where we see rainbows.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Explore the Sun, the Moon and our Earth, and how the Sun helps living things.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Discover what happens when you mix two colours of paint together.

⏱ 12 min · 6 questions

Find out which objects float and which sink, and how water pushes things up.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Explore the different places animals live and what each home gives them.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Discover how your tongue tastes and your nose smells, and how these senses help you.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Watch ice melt into water and discover how heating and cooling change things.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Discover why your shadow changes size and direction as the Sun moves across the sky.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Sort living things into plants and animals and learn how they are different.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Learn that some animals are awake in the day and others come out at night, and why.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Explore why we choose hard or soft materials for different objects based on what they need to do.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Describe the different ways objects can move, like zigzag, straight, fast, slow and round and round.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Find out how puddles dry up in the sun as water turns into invisible water vapour in the air.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Buzz! Discover how bees and flowers help each other every day.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Sort it out! Learn which materials can be recycled and used again.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Brr to wet! Watch how ice melts into water when it warms up.

⏱ 12 min · 6 questions

Protect yourself! Learn how to keep your eyes, ears and other senses safe.

⏱ 12 min · 6 questions

Living things have needs. Learn how to care for pets, plants and animals.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Rocks come in many shapes, sizes and colours. Explore the rocks around us.

⏱ 12 min · 6 questions

Some materials keep water out. Discover which materials make good raincoats.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Spinning tops and rolling balls move in different ways. Explore how things move.

⏱ 12 min · 7 questions

Baby animals often look like their parents. Explore how young animals grow up to look like the adults.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Some materials bend easily and some stay stiff. Test and sort everyday objects by how bendy they are.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Weather changes day to day. Learn how we choose clothes to match hot, cold, rainy and sunny weather.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Sounds can be loud or soft. Explore how we make different sounds and listen to the world around us.

⏱ 12 min · 6 questions

Compare birds and mammals: how they are covered, how they have young, and how they care for them.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Explore how the Sun warms some places more than others, and why shade feels cooler.

⏱ 12 min · 6 questions