KS1 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 1 and 2, pupils will be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of every programme of study content:
- During years 1 and 2, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content
- asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
- observing closely, using simple equipment
- performing simple tests
- identifying and classifying
- using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
- gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.
Year 1
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Project Cycle 1 |
NC Science Coverage |
Knowledge Vocabulary |
Project Cycle 2 |
NC Science Coverage |
Knowledge Vocabulary |
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Dinosaur Planet
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Animals including humans
Seasonal Changes |
amphibians, arms, birds, body parts, carnivores, ears, elbows, environment, eyes, face, fish, habitat, hair, head, hearing, herbivores, knees, legs, mammals, mouth, neck, omnivores, pets, reptiles, seeing, senses, smells, sounds, taste, teeth, touch.
autumn, dark, day length, days, hours, light, months, moon, movement, shadow, spring, summer, sun, winter. |
Memory Box
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Physics Everyday materials
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absorbent/not absorbent, bending, bendy/not bendy, gas, glass, hard/soft, liquid, metal, plastic, property, rock, rough/smooth, shiny/dull, solid, squashing, stretching, stretchy/stiff, twisting, water, waterproof/not waterproof, wood
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Moon Zoom
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Everyday materials
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absorbent/not absorbent, bending, bendy/not bendy, gas, glass, hard/soft, liquid, metal, plastic, property, rock, rough/smooth, shiny/dull, solid, squashing, stretching, stretchy/stiff, twisting, water, waterproof/not waterproof, wood.
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Superheroes
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Biology Living things and their habitats |
hearing, herbivores, knees, legs, mammals, mouth, neck, omnivores, pets, reptiles, seeing, senses, smells, sounds, taste, teeth, touch. |
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Street Detectives
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Everyday Materials
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characteristics, classification, man-made, natural, properties.
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Paws, Claws and Whiskers
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Biology Living things and their habitats |
adaptation, alive, carnivore, characteristics, conditions, consumer, dead, excrete, feed, food chain, grow, habitat, heat, herbivore, life processes, light, living/non-living, micro-habitat, move, ocean, omnivore, pond, producer, rainforest, reproduce, respire, respond to stimuli, seashore, sound, touch, woodland. |
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The Enchanted Woodland |
Plants |
branches, bud, bulb, deciduous tree, evergreen tree, flowers, fruit, garden/flowering plants, leaves, petals, roots, seed, stem, trunk, wild plants.
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Wriggle and Crawl
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Biology Living things and their habitats |
adaptation, alive, carnivore, characteristics, conditions, consumer, dead, excrete, feed, food chain, grow, habitat, heat, herbivore, life processes, light, living/non-living, micro-habitat, move, ocean, omnivore, pond, producer, rainforest, reproduce, respire, respond to stimuli, seashore, sound, touch, woodland. |
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Beachcombers
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Animals including Humans |
adaptation, alive, carnivore, characteristics, conditions, consumer, dead, excrete, feed, food chain, grow, habitat, heat, herbivore, life processes, light, living/non-living, micro-habitat, move, ocean, omnivore, pond, producer, rainforest, reproduce, respire, respond to stimuli, seashore, sound, touch, woodland. |
Land Ahoy |
Physics Everyday Materials
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characteristics, classification, man-made, natural, properties.
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