Year 2

Year 2 Material Investigations Activities

Name: Year 2 Material Investigations Activities
Brand: Hands-On Education
SKU: Y2 Material Investigations
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Develop Year 2 children's scientific enquiry skills through materials testing. This Science topic pack explores movement, strength, bouncing, and melting through six hands-on fair-test investigations.

Included Resources +

This pack includes six activity sheets with accompanying lesson plans developing scientific investigation skills through experiments exploring movement, strength, bouncing, and melting.

Key Details +

• Year Group: Year 2 (ages 6–7)
• Key Stage: KS1
• Subject: Science
• Resource Type: Activity Sheets + Lesson Plans
• Format: Instant PDF Download
• Number of Activities: 6

Curriculum Alignment +

Aligned to KS1 Science — Uses of Everyday Materials. Covers identifying and comparing the suitability of a variety of everyday materials for particular uses, and finding out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching.

Teaching Tips +

Introduce fair testing vocabulary before starting — predict, test, result, conclusion. Each investigation works as a standalone lesson, making this pack flexible for topic planning. Melting And Moulding works well as a DT link — use chocolate or wax for a memorable lesson.

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