Year 3 Science | Forces and Magnets | Lesson 5: Can We Find Another Way to Investigate?
Scintillating Science is a fully planned primary science scheme of work that supports the development of both substantive and disciplinary knowledge. Created with the Ofsted science subject report in mind, our scheme offers a clear, sequenced approach to building scientific understanding across the primary years.
Science Scheme | Year 3 | Block 2: Forces and Magnets | Lesson 5: Can We Find Another Way to Investigate? gives pupils the opportunity to revisit a previous scientific question and consider new ways to investigate it. This helps deepen understanding and strengthens their working scientifically skills by encouraging critical thinking, prediction, and method comparison.
This lesson is part of the Forces and Magnets unit for Year 3. While designed to be taught in sequence, lessons can be adapted to suit your school’s curriculum needs.
Each lesson includes:
- 🧪 Interactive slides with teacher notes to support clear modelling and explanation
- 🧪 Comprehensive lesson plans with vocabulary, misconceptions, cross-curricular links, key questions, assessment suggestions, and prior knowledge notes
- 🧪 Continuous provision ideas to extend learning through play and exploration
- 🧪 Differentiated worksheets and follow-up tasks to support all learners
This lesson helps consolidate key concepts from earlier in the unit and builds pupils’ confidence in designing fair tests and refining their scientific thinking.
