Science

Look closely, ask why, and try things safely.

By age: 0–2 · 3–5 · 6–8 · 9–12 · 13–17

Ages 0 to 2

A grown-up reads and plays along

• Water play about 10 minutes
• Light and shadow about 10 minutes
• What floats? about 10 minutes
• Outside with all the senses about 15 minutes
• Wind and leaves about 10 minutes

Ages 3 to 5

Read and do together

• A seed grows about 15 minutes
• Weather watching about 10 minutes
• Our five senses about 15 minutes
• Animals and their homes about 15 minutes
• Day and night about 15 minutes
• The moon changes about 15 minutes
• Magnets about 15 minutes
• Hot, warm and cold about 15 minutes
• Rain and puddles about 15 minutes
• Bugs in the garden about 15 minutes
• The sun and shadows about 15 minutes

Ages 6 to 8

Read together, then try alone

• Life cycles about 20 minutes
• Solids, liquids and gases about 20 minutes
• The water cycle about 20 minutes
• Sound and vibration about 20 minutes
• Habitats about 20 minutes
• Rocks and soil about 20 minutes
• Parts of a plant about 20 minutes
• Our five senses about 20 minutes

Ages 9 to 12

Read alone or together

• Food chains and webs about 35 minutes
• Forces: gravity and friction about 35 minutes
• Volcanoes and earthquakes about 35 minutes
• Light and colour about 30 minutes
• How we digest food about 25 minutes
• The solar system about 30 minutes
• Mixtures and separating them about 30 minutes

Ages 13 to 17

Read alone

• Cells and heredity about 50 minutes
• Atoms and the periodic table about 50 minutes
• Energy: where it comes from and where it goes about 50 minutes
• Designing a fair experiment about 55 minutes
• Science and faith: how Christians think about big questions about 60 minutes
• Waves and the electromagnetic spectrum about 40 minutes
• Ecosystems and biodiversity about 40 minutes