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Textiles Worksheets: Home Activity

20 July 2021/in Home, Home Education, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Science, Subject Link, Textiles/by Lucy Mottram

The worksheets on this page will help young people understand the science of textiles. This activity has been designed for all ages to be able to complete at home, whether you are home educating, home schooling or just looking for a summer holiday activity.

We hope doing these activities will create better scientists and more critical thinkers. We know the wicked problems (complex and difficult issues like climate change and biodiversity loss) we are leaving the next generation will need some innovative thinking to solve them!

Downloadable Worksheets

Home Education Worksheet:

(pdf) Download Home Education Worksheet: How quickly does fabric decompose?

(Word) Download Home Education Worksheet: How quickly does fabric decompose?

Visit our Home Education pages for more Activities suitable for Home Learning.

Metals Worksheets KS1

20 July 2021/in 3R Link, Age Group, KS1, Materials Link, Metals, Recycle, Science, Subject Link, Y1, Y2/by Lucy Mottram

Downloadable Worksheets

Key Stage 1 Worksheet: Ice Magnets

(pdf) Download KS1 Worksheet: Ice Magnets

(Word) Download KS1 Worksheet: Ice Magnets

Link to KS1 Magnets & Metals Zone Youtube Playlist

Plastic Worksheets KS2

16 July 2021/in KS2, Materials Link, Plastic, Science, Science of Materials, Teaching Resources, Y3, Y3, Y4, Y4, Y5, Y5, Y6, Y6/by Lucy Mottram

This activity will help KS2 children to understand some of the properties of plastic as a material and the impacts on the environment. It links with the National Curriculum and is a fun and active way of teaching science.

Downloadable Worksheets

Key Stage 2 Worksheet: Comparing Straws

(pdf) Download KS2 Worksheet: Comparing Straws

(Word) Download KS2 Worksheet: Comparing Straws

(Word) Download KS2 Recording Sheet: Comparing Straws

Link to KS2 Plastics Zone Schools Playlist

Metals Worksheets KS3-4

16 July 2021/in KS3, KS4, Metals, Recycle, Science/by Lucy Mottram

This activity links with the KS3 and GCSE curriculum by teaching about the extraction of aluminium and iron, how the metals are manufactured from the ore and how recycling compares to mining and transportation.

It can be taught as a series of 3-4 lessons, or could be split into stand-alone activities according to the needs of the class.

Downloadable Worksheets

Key Stage 3/4 Worksheet:

(pdf) Download KS3/4 Worksheet: Comparing the Material Life Cycles of Iron and Aluminium

(Word) Download KS3/4 Worksheet: Comparing the Material Life Cycles of Iron and Aluminium

(Powerpoint) Download KS3/4 Powerpoint: Comparing the Material Life Cycles of Iron and Aluminium

(pdf) Download KS3/4 Info Sheet: Comparing the Production Life Cycles of Iron and Aluminium

(pdf) Download KS3/4 Info Sheet: Extraction methods of Iron and Aluminium

Link to KS3/4 Zone Youtube Playlist about Production and Recycling of Aluminium & Iron

Metals Worksheets: Home Activity

16 July 2021/in All, Home, Home Education, Metals, Reduce, Reuse, Science/by Lucy Mottram

Find our downloadable Metals Worksheets here. Discover activities to use at home or school. This activity helps children to understand about forces and balancing in a fun way.

Downloadable Worksheets

Home Education Worksheet:

(PDF) Download Home Education Worksheet: Can Balancing

(Word) Download Home Education Worksheet: Can Balancing

Visit our Home Education pages for more Activities suitable for Home Learning.

Glass Worksheets: Home Activity

16 July 2021/in All, Glass, Home, Home Education, Science, Subject Link/by Lucy Mottram

Downloadable Worksheets

Home Education Worksheet:

(pdf) Download Home Education Worksheet: Rainbows in a Glass

(Word) Download Home Education Worksheet: Rainbows in a glass

Visit our Home Education pages for more Activities suitable for Home Learning.

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Textiles Worksheets KS2

16 July 2021/in KS2, Reduce, Science, Textiles, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6/by Lucy Mottram

The worksheets on this page will help young people understand the science of textiles at Key stage 2 (8-11 years old). We hope doing these activities will create better scientists and more critical thinkers. We know the wicked problems (complex and difficult issues like climate change and biodiversity loss) we are leaving the next generation will need some innovative thinking to solve them!

Downloadable Worksheets

Key Stage 2 Worksheets and Quiz:

(pdf) Download KS2 Worksheet: Seeking Microfibres

(Word) Download KS2 Worksheet: Seeking Microfibres

Link to KS2 Zone Schools Playlist

Textiles Worksheets KS3-4

16 July 2021/in KS3, KS4, Reuse, Science, Textiles/by Lucy Mottram

The worksheets on this page will help young people understand the science of textiles. We hope doing these activities will create better scientists and more critical thinkers. We know the wicked problems (complex and difficult issues like climate change and biodiversity loss) we are leaving the next generation will need some innovative thinking to solve them!