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Tons of free downloads and activity ideas for National Science & Engineering Week, 12-21 March

Curriculum links

Suggestions for linking the current CLUB activity pack to the KS1 and KS2 curriculum in England and Northern Ireland, the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence (experiences and outcomes) and the Welsh KS2 Programmes of Study.
 

DARK ART 

    

 England and Northern Ireland

ART AND DESIGN

Unit 2B: Mother Nature, designer
 Unit 6C: A sense of place

SCIENCE

Unit 1D: Light and dark
 

Scotland

EXPRESSIVE ARTS

Art and design
 

Wales

ART

Making and investigating

 

SENSES

   

England and Northern Ireland

SCIENCE

 Unit 1A: Ourselves
Unit 1C: Sorting and using materials
 Unit 1F: Sound and hearing
 

Scotland

SCIENCES

Forces, electricity and waves - vibrations and waves 

 

FUNGI FUN

   

England and Northern Ireland

SCIENCE

Unit 5_6H: Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts
 Unit 6B: Micro-organisms
 

Scotland

SCIENCES

Biodiversity and interdependence
 

Wales

SCIENCE

Scientific enquiry - the nature of science
Life processes and living things - living things in the environment

 

SQUISH SQUASH

   

England and Northern Ireland

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Unit 1C: Eat more more fruit and vegetables
 Unit 3B: Sandwich snacks

SCIENCE

Unit 1B: Investigating materials
 

Scotland

EXPRESSIVE ARTS

Art and design

HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Food and the consumer

TECHNOLOGIES

Food and textiles

SCIENCES

Chemical changes
 

Wales

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Designing skills

   

FUNGI TRUMP CARDS

    

England and Northern Ireland

SCIENCE

Unit 2C: Variation
 

Scotland

SCIENCES

Biodiversity and interdependence
 

Wales

SCIENCE

Scientific enquiry - investigative skills
Life processes and living things - living things
in the environment

 

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