Science Assessment Grid KS2
Assessment – when and how often?
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Aim to do 1 assessment per unit – ie 1 per half term
Choose from the Assessment Grid or use an end of unit test or start and end of unit ‘mind map’ ( a mixture of these
throughout the year is a good idea)
In addition to these aim to teach and assess specific Sc1 skills in each unit – see separate sheet ‘Teaching Sc1 skills’
Record pupil performance on individual record sheets – use these to set targets – aim for ‘best fit’ – if they are demonstrating
and giving evidence for a particular level encourage them to work at the next level – see ‘levelness’ sheets
Using the Assessment Grids
Assessing progress in Science activities have been assigned to the most appropriate units. Sometimes the activity could fit with
more than one unit. In those cases the activity number has been followed by a ! eg 3.2! Choose which unit you want to use it in –
don’t do it more than once. You only need to do one levelled content type assessment in each unit – choose the one you think will
allow the children to best demonstrate the level they are working at.
Some of the activities are aimed at specific levels and will not necessarily be appropriate for your whole class. The level range has
been identified on the grid.
If there isn’t a specific assessment activity
Use whatever activity you choose to establish where the children are at when you start a unit eg mind mapping, concept cartoons,
a specific set of questions and then repeat this at the end of a unit to find out how they have progressed. Pupils’ responses should
be sought that allow them to demonstrate how their thinking/understanding has changed.
Science Assessment Grid KS2
YEAR
3
4
5
6
QCA Unit
3A Teeth and Eating
4A Moving and Growing
5A Keeping Healthy
6A Interdependence and Adaptation
Assessing
Progress
Activity
8.1! The basic needs for human
survival (2-5)
8.1! The basic needs for human survival (2-5)
8.2! Staying healthy (2-5)
2.4 Plants and animals found in different habitats
(4-5)
8.3 The heart (2-5)
8.2! Staying healthy (2-5)
8.4 Planning and collecting evidence
(3-5)
QCA Unit
3B Helping plants Grow Well
4B Habitats
5B Life Cycles
Assessing
Progress
Activity
2.2! The term ‘plant’ (2-5)
1.1a Invertebrates: planning and obtaining
evidence
1.1b Invertebrates: considering and evaluating
evidence
2.2! The term ‘plant’ (2-5)
6B Micro-organisms
2.1 The term ‘animal’ (2-5)
2.3! Plants and animals found in different
habitats (2-5)
QCA Unit
Assessing
Progress
Activity
3C Characteristics of Materials
4C Keeping Warm
5C Gases Around Us
6C More Dissolving
7.1 The term ‘solid’ (3-5)
7.3! Solid’s, liquids and gases (3-5)
3.1! How materials can be changed (2-5)
7.2 The term ‘liquid’ (3-5)
7.4! The properties of ‘solids’, ‘liquids’
and ‘gases’ (3-5)
1.2a Dissolving: planning and obtaining evidence
7.5 Investigating gases (3-5)
Science Assessment Grid KS2
QCA Unit
3D Rocks and Soils
Assessing
Progress
Activity
4D Solids and Liquids
5D Changing State
6D Reversible and Irreversible Changes
3.1! How materials can be changed (2-5)
3.1! How materials can be changed (25)
3.1! How materials can be changed (2-5)
3.4 Techniques for separating mixtures of
materials (4-5)
3.2 How materials can be changed (25)
3.3 The process of condensation (2-5)
7.3! Solid’s, liquids and gases (3-5)
7.4! The properties of ‘solids’, ‘liquids’
and ‘gases’ (3-5)
1.2b Evaporation: planning
measurement of variables
QCA Unit
Assessing
Progress
Activity
3E Magnets and Springs
4E Friction
5E Earth, Sun and Moon
6E Forces In Action
4.1 Pushes and pulls and their effects (2-3)
4.3a Understanding gravity - modelling (2-5)
4.2 Investigating friction (2-5)
4.3b Understanding gravity – drawing plumb lines
(2-5)
4.4! Non-standard measures of force (2-5)
4.4! Making and using Newton boxes (2-5)
4.5! Non-standard measures of force (3-5)
4.5! Non-standard measures of force (3-5)
4.6! Magnitude of forces (3-5)
4.6! Magnitude of forces (3-5)
1.3a! Forces: planning an investigation and
obtaining evidence
1.3a! Forces: planning an investigation and
obtaining evidence
1.3b! Forces: presenting data
1.3b! Forces: presenting data
1.3c! Forces: considering and evaluating data
1.3c! Forces: considering and evaluating data
Science Assessment Grid KS2
QCA Unit
3F Light and Shadows
4F Circuits and Conductors
5F Changing Sounds
6F Seeing Things
Assessing
Progress
Activity
6.4 Light sources (2-3)
5.1 Making circuits (2-3)
6.1 Sound production (2-5)
6.5! Light travelling (2-5)
6.5! Light travelling (2-5)
5.2 How a switch works (2-5)
6.2 Sound travelling (2-5)
6.7 Seeing objects (3-5)
6.6 Shadows (2-5)
5.3! Understanding circuits (3-5)
6.3 Planning measurement of
independent and dependent variables
(3-5)
5.4 Circuits and their representations (3-4)
5.5 Insulators and conductors of electricity (35)
QCA Unit
5/6H Scientific Enquiry in an
Environmental Context
6G Changing Circuits
Assessing
Progress
Activity
2.3! Plants and animals found in
different habitats (2-5)
5.3! Understanding circuits (3-5)
5.6 Considering the brightness of bubs in different
circuit arrangements (4-5)