Science: A STEM Approach – Year 1 Resources

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Biological Sciences I Chemical Sciences I Environmental Sciences I Physical Sciences

Unit	Page	Link description
Biological Sciences	4	Game - Living or Not game
Biological Sciences	4	Online timer
Biological Sciences	4	Online mind map
Biological Sciences	7	Animal Body Parts Quiz
Biological Sciences	7	Woodland
Biological Sciences	7	Desert
Biological Sciences	7	Pond
Biological Sciences	7	Coast
Biological Sciences	13	Coral Reef habitat interactive game
Biological Sciences	13	Digital Y-Chart
Biological Sciences	13	Fish Video
Biological Sciences	13	Interactive fish diagram
Biological Sciences	19	Woodland and animals video
Biological Sciences	19	Closeup video - Wild rabbit in the woods
Biological Sciences	19	Rabbit video
Biological Sciences	31	Create digital book
Biological Sciences	31	Interactive Garden Detective game
Biological Sciences	31	Insects breathe through small holes - Spiracles
Biological Sciences	35	Video - Parts of a Plant
Biological Sciences	36	Interactive plant labelling game
Biological Sciences	36	Plant Scan game
Biological Sciences	47	Create digital book of pet
Biological Sciences	49	Poems from Cock-A-Moodle Moooo
Biological Sciences	49	How to create an animal of yourself
Chemical Sciences	58	Space hopper video
Chemical Sciences	58	Video - Tying a ponytail with hair tie
Chemical Sciences	63	Homemade playdough recipe
Chemical Sciences	68	Playdough jewellery activity
Chemical Sciences	76	Changes to materials quiz
Chemical Sciences	76	Sound effects website
Chemical Sciences	79	No-bake cheesecake recipe
Chemical Sciences	87	Watch reading of A Chair for Baby Bear
Chemical Sciences	87	Watch reading of A Chair for Baby Bear
Chemical Sciences	87	How paper can be used to make structures
Environmental Sciences	96	Image - Day and night bottles
Environmental Sciences	96	Image of landscape in day
Environmental Sciences	99	Image of day sky with a visible moon
Environmental Sciences	99	Image of day sky with moon and sun visible
Environmental Sciences	99	Moonrise timetable
Environmental Sciences	99	Explanation of how the moon changes
Environmental Sciences	103	Interactive day sky and night sky game
Environmental Sciences	103	Online weather chart tool
Environmental Sciences	103	Larry the Chicken meteorologist video
Environmental Sciences	103	More info on how to predict weather
Environmental Sciences	103	More info on how to predict weather
Environmental Sciences	103	More info on how to predict weather
Environmental Sciences	106	Image of a landscape in all seasons
Environmental Sciences	106	Seasons video and sequence activity
Environmental Sciences	106	Time-lapse video of Earth's changing seasons
Environmental Sciences	111	Image of a landscape in all seasons
Environmental Sciences	113	Video - Natural, managed and constructed features
Environmental Sciences	114	Image of a New York streetscape 'before' and 'after'
Environmental Sciences	114	New developments game from Splash ABC
Environmental Sciences	114	The Lorax video
Environmental Sciences	119	Create day and night art wheel - Art Attack Video
Environmental Sciences	121	View - Design a day and night scene
Physical Sciences	135	Light Dancers video
Physical Sciences	135	Video about light energy
Physical Sciences	135	Online T-chart
Physical Sciences	135	Interactive whiteboard activity about sources of light
Physical Sciences	135	Additional information about light sources
Physical Sciences	138	Disappearing colour wheel video
Physical Sciences	138	Video - Background infomation on changing the colour of light
Physical Sciences	143	Digital audio files of sound effects
Physical Sciences	143	Video about sound
Physical Sciences	143	Video of experiment
Physical Sciences	147	Magic School Bus - Sound is vibration
Physical Sciences	151	BBC Bitesize about sound
Physical Sciences	151	Sound quiz questions
Physical Sciences	159	Display images of wind chimes/sun catchers
Physical Sciences	159	Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers
Physical Sciences	159	Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers
Physical Sciences	159	Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers
Physical Sciences	159	Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers