Progression in Scientific

knowledge, concepts & skills

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

(Forces)

Year 6

Force and Magnets

(Physics)

Concepts

Cause and effect

Similarity and difference

Working Scientifically

Compare how things move on different surfaces (friction)

Know how magnets attract/ repel some materials (two pole +/-) and make predictions

Know that some forces need contact whereas magnetic forces can act at a distance

Compare and group magnetic/ non-magnetic materials

Know and explain gravity

Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction

Recognise that some mechanisms (gears, leavers, pulleys and springs) allow a smaller force to have a greater effect