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Science: A STEM Approach – Year 1 Resources

Welcome to the Science: a STEM Approach online resource centre. Simply click on the specific resource that you need, and it will open on a new window. You can also click any of the unit titles below to jump directly to that section. If you can't find something you need, or have found a broken link, let us know and we'll fix it

Biological Sciences I Chemical Sciences I Environmental Sciences I Physical Sciences
 
Unit Page Link description
Biological Sciences 4

Game - Living or Not game

Biological Sciences 4

Online timer

Biological Sciences 4

Online mind map

Biological Sciences 7

Animal Body Parts Quiz

Biological Sciences 7

Woodland

Biological Sciences 7

Desert

Biological Sciences 7

Pond

Biological Sciences 7

Coast

Biological Sciences 13

Coral Reef habitat interactive game

Biological Sciences 13

Digital Y-Chart

Biological Sciences 13

Fish Video

Biological Sciences 13

Interactive fish diagram

Biological Sciences 19

Woodland and animals video

Biological Sciences 19

Closeup video - Wild rabbit in the woods

Biological Sciences 19

Rabbit video

Biological Sciences 31

Create digital book

Biological Sciences 31

Interactive Garden Detective game

Biological Sciences 31

Insects breathe through small holes - Spiracles

Biological Sciences 35

Video - Parts of a Plant

Biological Sciences 36

Interactive plant labelling game

Biological Sciences 36

Plant Scan game

Biological Sciences 47

Create digital book of pet

Biological Sciences 49

Poems from Cock-A-Moodle Moooo

Biological Sciences 49

How to create an animal of yourself

Chemical Sciences 58

Space hopper video

Chemical Sciences 58

Video - Tying a ponytail with hair tie

Chemical Sciences 63

Homemade playdough recipe

Chemical Sciences 68

Playdough jewellery activity

Chemical Sciences 76

Changes to materials quiz

Chemical Sciences 76

Sound effects website

Chemical Sciences 79

No-bake cheesecake recipe

Chemical Sciences 87

Watch reading of A Chair for Baby Bear

Chemical Sciences 87

Watch reading of A Chair for Baby Bear

Chemical Sciences 87

How paper can be used to make structures

Environmental Sciences 96

Image - Day and night bottles

Environmental Sciences 96

Image of landscape in day

Environmental Sciences 99

Image of day sky with a visible moon

Environmental Sciences 99

Image of day sky with moon and sun visible

Environmental Sciences 99

Moonrise timetable

Environmental Sciences 99

Explanation of how the moon changes

Environmental Sciences 103

Interactive day sky and night sky game

Environmental Sciences 103

Online weather chart tool

Environmental Sciences 103

Larry the Chicken meteorologist video

Environmental Sciences 103

More info on how to predict weather

Environmental Sciences 103

More info on how to predict weather

Environmental Sciences 103

More info on how to predict weather

Environmental Sciences 106

Image of a landscape in all seasons

Environmental Sciences 106

Seasons video and sequence activity

Environmental Sciences 106

Time-lapse video of Earth's changing seasons

Environmental Sciences 111

Image of a landscape in all seasons

Environmental Sciences 113

Video - Natural, managed and constructed features

Environmental Sciences 114

Image of a New York streetscape 'before' and 'after'

Environmental Sciences 114

New developments game from Splash ABC

Environmental Sciences 114

The Lorax video

Environmental Sciences 119

Create day and night art wheel - Art Attack Video

Environmental Sciences 121

View - Design a day and night scene

Physical Sciences

135

Light Dancers video

Physical Sciences 135

Video about light energy

Physical Sciences 135

Online T-chart

Physical Sciences 135

Interactive whiteboard activity about sources of light

Physical Sciences 135

Additional information about light sources

Physical Sciences 138

Disappearing colour wheel video

Physical Sciences 138

Video - Background infomation on changing the colour of light

Physical Sciences 143

Digital audio files of sound effects

Physical Sciences 143

Video about sound

Physical Sciences 143

Video of experiment

Physical Sciences 147

Magic School Bus - Sound is vibration

Physical Sciences 151

BBC Bitesize about sound

Physical Sciences

151

Sound quiz questions

Physical Sciences 159

Display images of wind chimes/sun catchers

Physical Sciences 159

Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers

Physical Sciences 159

Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers

Physical Sciences 159

Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers

Physical Sciences 159

Videos of wind chimes and sun catchers