Year 6 Science Lesson Plans
4 free Year 6 Science lesson plans for KS2. Each includes learning objectives, key vocabulary, a timed lesson structure and common misconceptions, and downloads as an editable Word document.
Year 6 represents the culmination of primary science and draws together knowledge and skills built across all six years. The programme of study explicitly requires pupils to apply their scientific knowledge to new and unfamiliar contexts — a key preparation for KS3. The circulatory system unit is one of the most detailed and challenging in the primary curriculum, requiring pupils to understand a multi-organ system and the role of exercise and lifestyle on health.
Living Things
Physics
This lesson extends pupils' Year 3 understanding that light travels in straight lines and that shadows form when light is blocked by opaque objects.
Building on Year 4 electricity, this lesson takes pupils from practical circuit building to formal electrical notation and a conceptual introduction to voltage and resistance.
Year 6 Science through the year
The Circulatory System
Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels, and blood.
The Circulatory System lesson plan →Evolution and Inheritance
Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.
Evolution and Inheritance lesson plan →Light
Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines.
Light: Reflection, Refraction, and Straight Lines lesson plan →Electricity: Advanced Circuits
Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.
Electricity: Circuit Symbols and Voltage lesson plan →Classification of Living Things
Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants, and animals.
Working Scientifically: Consolidation and Enquiry
Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.