Awarded an OBE for Services to Education, Clive Davies has designed and built these schemes around progression and enquiry. Focus Education resources are of the highest educational quality.

Focus Education

Pzaz is a specialist, primary science provider, with schemes written for the non-specialist primary teacher. Created by a science education expert, Pzaz covers every statement of the National Curriculum for Reception to Year 6.

Reception - Year 6, Science

Pzaz

VotesforSchools provides award-winning PSHE resources to prompt discussion on challenging issues. Young people learn about everything from politics to climate change to ensure they have an informed opinion of the world, and are equipped with all they need to know when they leave school.

Years 1-6, PSHE

Votes For Schools

Created by primary specialists, Teacher of Primary offers a bank of in-depth, highly specialised lessons so that schools and teachers can focus on the particular learning goals of their setting.

EYFS-Year 6, Maths, English & Science

Teacher of Primary

PE Resources Bank firmly believes in the power of Physical Education and transforming young people’s lives. PE Resources Bank aims to provide high quality teaching materials for staff to use and promote a genuine love for learning. 

PE Resources Bank

Master The Curriculum

Striver

KS2 Gems

Guinea Pig Education

Livello is a specialist literary provider, they offer half-termly units built around highly engaging and exciting books that will inspire a love of reading while teaching comprehension, grammar and composition. Start from the books they love, succeed with strategies from Livello.

Years 1-6, English

Livello

Learning Mole uses fun and engaging animations to capture childrenâ€™s imagination and inspire curiosity. Use Learning Moleâ€™s videos as a perfect jumping off point to start great discussions and stimulate learning.

EYFS-Year 6, Maths, English, Topic & PSHE

Learning Mole

Music Playtime has been created by a Key Stage 1 and Early Years Music education specialist. The schemes are built in recognition of the fact that most primary teachers are not music specialists. Access the knowledge and the ideas you need to feel confident teaching music.

Music Playtime

1Decision

Active Music Digital

All Aboard Learning

Flashcards to add to your GCSE and A-Level revision lessons.

Years 10-13, Various

Quizlet

Sir Linkalot is the award-winning future of spelling. Students learn to spell any word they want from 'was' to 'onomatopoeia' by watching short, funny animations. Never fail a spelling test again!

Sir Linkalot

Get The Buzz! is a specialist in Maths Games for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Engaging maths games can help to build an enjoyment for maths and can consolidate learning so that all students are benefitting.

Years 1-6, Maths

Get The Buzz

All students can enjoy and improve their achievement in mathematics. It is no longer acceptable to say that only certain types of people can learn mathematics. Can Do Maths provides resources to support teachers and parents to help children and students believe they 'Can Do Maths'.

CanDo Maths

PlanBee is the hive of ready-to-use primary resources for KS1 and KS2, with time-saving resources for busy teachers!

KS1 & KS2

PlanBee

Max Maths is a specialist primary school maths provider that uses the Singapore Mastery Approach to follow the Cambridge Primary maths curriculum framework.

Max Maths

Everyone can do maths: Everyone can! White Rose is used in most UK Primary schools and is the most trusted primary maths provider in the UK. Everything White Rose offers is created by maths experts and directed at teachers using a mastery approach to teaching maths.

White Rose

Dino's back to share more dinosaur facts with you, and this time he has some incredible news: birds are the descendants of dinosaurs! Join him to learn the whole story! 

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a DINOSAUR!

Squeaks and Jessi would love to visit Mars one day, but our neighboring planet is very different from Earth. Together, they make a travel plan and packing list that will help them overcome the challenges of life on Mars! Thanks to our partners at the Boston Museum of Science for teaching us more about Mars' unique challenges. 

How Will Humans Live on Mars? | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

Platypuses are so funny, it looks like someone made them up as a joke. But they're real animals! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about how amazing platypuses really are!Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!First Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air (1-LS1-1).Performance Expectation:1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water (2-LS4-1).Performance Expectation:2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.----------

What On Earth is a Platypus? | SciShow Kids

Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals that lives almost nowhere else. So Jessi introduces him to a special friend: Pinto the opossum!First Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air (1-LS1-1).LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms - Adult plants and animals can have young. In many kinds of animals, parents and the offspring themselves engage in behaviors that help the offspring to survive (1-LS1-2).Performance Expectations:1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.1-LS1-2 Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water (2-LS4-1).ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth - Some events happen very quickly; others occur very slowly, over a time period much longer than one can observe (2-ESS1-1).ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions - Maps show where things are located. One can map the shapes and kinds of land and water in any area. (2-ESS2-2)Performance Expectations:2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.2-ESS1-1 Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.2-ESS2-2 Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.----------

Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids

Today, Jessi and Squeaks learn about some common (and maybe even spooky) ingredients used to make candy, including what might be the most famous Halloween candy of them: Candy Corn!Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter - Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1). PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. Sometimes these changes are reversible, and sometimes they are not (2-PS1-4).Performance Expectations:2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

A Halloween Candy That Comes From Bones and Bugs! | SciShow Kids

Today, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the Maillard reaction while they make some delicious caramel.Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. Sometimes these changes are reversible, and sometimes they are not (2-PS1-4).Performance Expectation:2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.

Experiment: Make Your Own Caramel Apples | SciShow Kids

Squeaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang. Its name is Diplocaulus, and they'll learn all about how that funny head helped it live a very long time ago!First Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air (1-LS1-1).Performance Expectation:1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water. (2-LS4-1)Performance Expectation:2-LS4-1 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.Third Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Some kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere (3-LS4-1). Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments (3-LS4-1).Performance Expectation:3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.----------

The Ancient Animal With a Boomerang Head! | SciShow Kids

Axolotls are amazing pets! Join Jessi and Squeaks as they learn about why axolotls have feathery gills and live in water, and how to protect their natural habitat.First Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air (1-LS1-1).Performance Expectation:1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Idea:LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water. (2-LS4-1)Performance Expectation:2-LS4-1 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

A Lot About Axolotls! | SciShow Kids

There’s all sorts of weather out there, so Squeaks and Mister Brown are playing a game show where they will learn all about the different types!

Can You Guess the Weather? | Weather Guessing Game | SciShow Kids Compilation

Maybe you've seen a shooting star, a bright streak of light that zips across the sky! But did you know that those shooting stars are actually rocks falling from space? And sometimes you can find them on the ground! Find out how with Anthony and Sam!Disciplinary Core Idea:PS2.B: Types of Interactions - Electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other (3-PS2-3), (3-PS2-4).Performance Expectations:3-PS2-3. Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.3-PS2-4. Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

How to Find a Meteorite!

Mister Brown and Squeaks are here to teach you all about the compass - and they will even help you make your own!NGSS Performance Expectations:3-PS2-3: Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other3-PS2-4: Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnetsDisciplinary Core Idea:PS2.B: Electric,and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.

Make Your Own Compass!

Mister Brown and Squeaks are learning all about different cycles, or patterns, as they get ready for summer!

From Seasons to Salmon: All About Cycles! | SciShow Kids Compilation

Jessi is getting a haircut later, but what makes it so that your hair doesn't hurt when you go to get it cut?

Why Don’t Haircuts Hurt?

Today, the crew at The Fort learn about engineers and how they design different ways to solve problems like they did for the rovers exploring Mars!

How to Design a Mars Rover! | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

Have you ever been on a ride on the playground that made you really dizzy, like a merry-go-round? Have you ever wondered where that weird, spinning sensation comes from? Jessi and Squeaks have the answer!

Why Do We Get Dizzy?

Put on your spacesuits, because we’re off to explore Mars! We’ll learn all about how we could live there, and meet the robots that already do!----------

Journey to Mars! | SciShow Kids Compilation

Mister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes he'll be living near!Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth - Some events happen very quickly; others occur very slowly, over a time period much longer than one can observe (2-ESS1-1).ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems - Wind and water can change the shape of the land (2-ESS2-1).ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes - Water is found in the ocean, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Water exists as solid ice and in liquid form (2-ESS2-3).Performance Expectations:2-ESS1-1 Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.2-ESS2-1 Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.2-ESS2-3 Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.----------

How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids

Would you like to spend all day thinking about dinosaurs? Well, some scientists do! Find out all about what it means to be a paleontologist!

Dig In To Paleontology

Spring is almost here, and that means daffodils are blooming around the fort. But how do these flowers survive the long cold winters?Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsCrosscutting Concepts:Patterns: Observed patterns in nature guide organization and classification and prompt questions about relationships and causes underlying them. Energy and Matter: Tracking energy flows, into, out of, and within systems helps one understand their system’s behavior. Disciplinary Core Idea:LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Plants depend on water and light to grow (2-LS2-1). Performance Expectation:2-LS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Why Daffodils Grow in the Same Place Every Year

Jessi and Squeaks learn all about pine cones and their seeds today! Did you know that pine cones can open and close to help protect their seeds?

What's Inside a Pinecone? | Winter is Alive! | SciShow Kids

A lot of our food comes from plants, including honey! Mister Brown and Squeaks learn how honey goes from being watery nectar in a flower to the sweet sticky substance we all know and love - and it's all thanks to bees!

How Do Bees Make Honey? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids

Jessi and Squeaks learn all about how dragonflies see - did you know they have thousands of eyes?!First Grade Next Generation Science StandardsCrosscutting Concept: Structure and Function: The way an object is shaped or structured determines many of its properties and functions.Disciplinary Core Ideas:LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow (1-LS1-1).LS1.D: Information Processing - Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs (1-LS1-1).Performance Expectation:1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Compound Eyes: See Like a Dragonfly! | Amazing Animal Senses | SciShow Kids

Winter means snow, and snow means lots of fun! Jessi and Squeaks love building snowmen and snow forts, but there's one really cool thing made of snow that they can't build themselves: icicles! Join them to learn how these natural winter decorations form!

Where Do Icicles Come From?

There's a helicopter on Mars, but you don't have to go that far to make one in your own home!

How Do Helicopters Fly? | Experiment | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

If you've ever gone outside really early on a cold day in fall, you might have seen a thin layer of sparkly ice crystals covering everything! That ice is called frost, and it can only form if the weather is exactly right!

It’s Time for Frost!

If you've ever had a little cut or scratch, you know it doesn't take long for it to heal! But do you know how different parts of your body work together to fix you up good as new when you're hurt?

How Do Cuts Heal?

Tag along with Jessi and Squeaks to learn how to make your very own model of the Solar System!

Let's Make the Solar System

Jessi and Squeaks want to learn more about the inside of a pumpkin. How? By dissecting it!

Dissect a Pumpkin!

Bill and Webb want to reach a button that is really high up on the wall, so Mister Brown teaches them how to use engineering and teamwork to make a high up button pusher!K-2 Next Generation Science StandardsScience and Engineering Practices:Asking Questions and Defining Problems Disciplinary Core Ideas:ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems - A situation that people want to change or create can be approached as a problem to be solved through engineering (K-2-ETS1-1). ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions - Designs can be conveyed through sketches, drawings, or physical models. These representations are useful in communicating ideas for a problem’s solutions to other people (K-2-ETS1-2).ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution - Because there is always more than one possible solution to a problem, it is useful to compare and test designs.(K-2-E TS 1-3)Performance Expectations:K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or toolK-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problemK-2-ETS1-3 Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs

The Great Button Solution! | Solving Problems with Engineering | SciShow Kids

Some people (maybe you!) can't eat certain foods because they're allergic to them. People can have an allergic reaction to almost any kind of food, or even other things, like bee stings! But all allergies have something in common: our immune system!

Scishow Kids