Yearly Overview- Year One- Science
This overview is a suggested format for grouping and delivering CK Science content.
Focus
Autumn One
The Human Body:
The Five Senses
Areas to cover
 The five senses and associated body parts:
Sight: eyes
Hearing: ears
Smell: nose
Taste: tongue
Touch: skin
 Taking care of your body: exercise, cleanliness,
healthy foods, rest
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Autumn Two
Animals and their
Needs
Jane Goodall
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Animals, like plants, need food, water, and space to
live and grow.
Plants make their own food, but animals get food
from eating plants or other living things.
Offspring are very much (but not exactly) like their
parents.
Most animal babies need to be fed and cared for by
their parents; human babies are especially in need of
care when young.
Pets have special needs and must be cared for by
their owners.
Jane Goodall (studied Chimpanzees)
Resources
First Encyclopedia of the Human Body (Usborne First
Encyclopedias) by Fiona Chandler, David Hancock and John
Woodcock (1 Apr 2011)
DK Ewd: Human Body (Eye Wonder) by Caroline Bingham
and DK Publishing (Dec 2002)
Healthy Eating (TickTock Books) by Ronnie Randall (31 July
2009)
The 5 Senses (Barron's Educational Series) by Nurin Roca
(Mar 2006)
Animal Encyclopedia (Dorling Kindersley) by Barbara Taylor
and Jayne Parsons (Oct 2000)
Animal Picture Atlas (Usbourne) by Hazel Maskell and Linda
Edwards (28 Mar 2008)
Insects-Animal Young (Heinemann Library)by Rod
Theodorou (7 Jan 2008)
My Life with the Chimpanzees (Simon & Schuster) by Jane
Goodall (10 Feb 2007) This book will give teachers more
information about Jane Goodall and excerpts could be used
with Year 1 children.
Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots Education Programme
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Spring One
Seasons and
Weather
Wilburn and
Orville Wright
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Spring Two
Taking Care of the
Earth
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The four seasons
Characteristic local weather patterns during the
different seasons
The sun: source of light and warmth
Daily weather changes
Temperature: thermometers are used to measure
temperature
Clouds
Rainfall: how the condition of the ground varies with
rainfall; rainbows
Thunderstorms: lightning and thunder, hail, safety
during thunderstorms
Snow and snowflakes, blizzard
Wilburn and Orville Wright (made first aeroplane)
Conservation: Some natural resources are limited, so
people must be careful not to use too much of them
(example: logging and reforestation).
Practical measures for conserving energy and
resources (for example, turning off unnecessary lights,
tightly turning off taps, etc.)
Some materials can be recycled (for example,
aluminium, glass, paper).
Pollution (for example, littering, smog, water
pollution) can be harmful, but if people are careful
they can help reduce pollution.
National Geographic Kids Everything Weather: Facts,
Photos, and Fun That Will Blow You Away (National
Geographic Society) by Kathy Furgang (23 Apr 2012)
How The Weather Works (Templar) by Christiane Dorion
and Beverley Young (1 Jan 2011)
Discover Science: Weather (Kingfisher) by Caroline Harris (2
Aug 2012)
Wilbur and Orville Wright’s first aeroplane is on display in
The Science Museum in London.
BBC What is Weather
Met Office- Weather Station
Love Your World (Made With Care) by Dorling Kindersley (1
Apr 2009)
Water (Go Facts: Environment) (Go Facts: Environmental
Issues) A & C Black Publishers Ltd (30 Sep 2007)
Our World of Water (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Zadie Smith (1 Oct 2009)
Rubbish and Recycling (Usborne Publishing Ltd) by Alex
Frith and Peter Allen (28 Sep 2010)
Olly Recycles
Plant (Dorling Kindersley-Eye Know) by Penelope Arlon (27
Apr 2006)
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Summer One
Plants and Plant
Growth
Joseph Banks
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Summer Two
Introduction to
Magnetism
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What plants need to grow: sufficient warmth, light,
and water
Basic parts of plants: seed, root, stem, branch, leaf
Plants make their own food.
Flowers and seeds: seeds as food for plants and
animals (for example, rice, nuts, wheat, corn)
Two kinds of plants: deciduous and evergreen
Farming:
How some food comes from farms as crops
How famers must take special care to protect their
crops from weeds and pests
How crops are harvested, kept fresh, packaged, and
transported for people to buy and consume
Joseph Banks (Botanist)
Identify familiar everyday uses of magnets (for
example, in toys, in cabinet locks, in refrigerator
magnets, etc.).
Classify materials according to whether they are or
are not attracted by a magnet.
Plant Life Cycles (Heinemann Library; New Ed edition) by
Anita Ganeri (11 Jan 2006)
How a Seed Grows (Harper Collins) by Helene J Jordan (7
June 2000)
The Tiny Seed (Aladdin Paperbacks) by Eric Carle (April
2001)
Plants on a Farm- World of Farming Series (Heinemann
Library) by Nancy Dickmann (6 July 2011)
Oxfam- Go Bananas
Farms for Schools
Search the internet for examples of time lapse videos that
show seeds germinating or plants growing.
Investigating Magnetism- Searchlight Books- How does
Energy Work? (Lerner Classroom) by Sally M. Walker
(August 2001)
Magnets (Lerner Classroom) by Robin Nelson (1 February
2008)
BBC- Magnets
(This clip is aimed at older children but is a good
illustration of what things are attracted to magnets)