UKS2 Vocabulary | North Featherstone Junior And Infant School

UKS2 Science Vocabulary Map

The national curriculum for science aims to ensure that all pupils:

develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them
are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.

During years 5 and 6, pupils will be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of every programme of study content:

planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary
taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate
recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests
reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations
identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

Upper Key Stage 2

Project

Cycle 1

Science Coverage

Knowledge vocabulary

Project

Cycle 2

Science

Coverage

Knowledge vocabulary

Revolution

Physics

Electricity

As LKS2 + Flow,

Cells

Components, (parts)

Circuit

Diagram

Symbols: cells, buzzer, wire, bulb, switch (on and off), motor,

Brightness

Volume

Voltage circuits, diagrams, components, series circuit, voltage

Heart Beat

Biology

Animals including humans

Circulatory system: capillaries, lungs, cells, blood vessels, functions, lungs, transport, nutrients, oxygen, adrenaline, adrenaline, aerobic respiration, alveoli, aorta, arteries, atrium, blood, blood vessels, bronchi, bronchioles, capillaries, carotid artery, circulatory system, clotting, deoxygenated, diaphragm, gills, haemoglobin, heart, heart rate, intercostal muscles, lungs, oxygenated, plasma, platelets, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, pulse, red blood cells, veins, ventricles, white blood cells, wind pipe (trachea)

Gallery Rebels

Physics

Light

Same as LKS2 + Reflect (don’t use bounce), object, light source, brain, eye,

Shadow, optic nerve

Straight lines,

absorption, lenses, light source, optics, periscope, prism, rainbow, reflection, refraction, spectrum, transmission

Alchemy Island

Chemistry

Properties and changing materials

Separation buoyancy, burning, change of state, chemical changes, chemical reaction, density, dissolving, elasticity, electrical conductivity, evaporating, filtering, filtrate, gas, hardness, irreversible or hard-to-reverse change, liquid, melting, magnetism, polymer, residue, reversible change, rusting (oxidisation), sieving, solid, solubility,
solute, solution, solvent, stiffness, strength, suspension, thermal conductivity, toughness

Star Gazing

Physics

Earth and Space

asteroids, axis, celestial body, comets, Earth, Earth’s rotation, elliptical orbit, gravitational force, heliocentric model of the solar system, galaxy, geocentric model, hemisphere, Jupiter, light year, Mars, Mercury, meteors, moon, Neptune, phases of the moon, Saturn, shadow clock, shooting stars, Sun, sundial, time zones, Uranus, Venus

Frozen Kingdom

Biology

Living things and their habitats

As LKS2 + Life cycle, mammal, amphibian, insect, reproduction, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, naturalist, fertilisation, seed dispersal, pollination, stamen, stigma, anther, style, ovary, ovule, sepal, filament, pistil

Humans, elderly, adolescence, adolescent, puberty, gestation periods, classification, classification
keys, dichotomous/binary keys, five kingdoms (bacteria, protists, animals, plants, fungi), genetic variation, invertebrates, vertebrates (reptiles, fish, amphibians, birds, mammals) anther, asexual reproduction animal behaviourist, birth, bud, carpel, chromosomes, cross-pollination, death, egg cell (ovum), embryo, fallopian tubes, female gamete, fertilization, filament, gestation, growth, hormones, life cycles, male gamete, menstrual cycle, microorganisms, naturalist, ovaries, ovary, ovulation, penis, petals, placenta, puberty, sepals, sexual reproduction, sperm, stamens, stigma, style, testes, uterus, vagina, vertebrates (reptiles, fish, amphibians, birds, mammals), zygote

Hola Mexico

Physics

Forces

As LKS2 + drag forces, gears, levers, pulleys, springs, transference of force and motion

Pharaohs

Biology

Evolution and inheritance

Fossils, evolution, structural and behavioural, Darwin, Alfred Wallace, Mary Anning, environment, habitat, species,

adaptation, chromosomes, competition, DNA, environmental conditions, environmental variations, evolution, evolutionary change, features, fossil records, genes, genetic variation, inheritance, natural