Year 1 science

IXL offers dozens of Year 1 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, national curriculum, or standardised test.

IXL offers dozens of Year 1 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, national curriculum, or standardised test.

C. Comparing

  1. 1
    Long and short
  2. 2
    Light and heavy
  3. 3
    Hot and cold
  4. 4
    Fast and slow

D. Light and sound

  1. 1
    More light or less light
  2. 2
    Which lets light go through?
  3. 3
    How do we use light and sound to communicate?

E. Force and motion

  1. 1
    Push and pull
  2. 2
    Investigate pushes and pulls
  3. 3
    The ways things move
  4. 4
    What objects can a magnet pull?
  5. 5
    How do magnets push and pull each other?

F. Animals

  1. 1
    What do animals need to survive?
  2. 2
    How do animals use their body parts?
  3. 3
    Match animals to their parents
  4. 4
    The five senses

G. Plants

  1. 1
    What do plants need to survive?
  2. 2
    Identify plant parts
  3. 3
    Identify types of plants
  4. 4
    Match plants to their parents

H. Living things

  1. 1
    Identify living and non-living things
  2. 2
    Identify plants and animals

I. Earth's resources

  1. 1
    Earth materials: water, rocks and soil
  2. 2
    Classify rocks and minerals
  3. 3
    Natural resources

J. Human impacts

  1. 1
    Reduce, reuse, recycle

K. Weather and seasons

  1. 1
    Describe the weather
  2. 2
    Types of precipitation
  3. 3
    Weather patterns

L. Astronomy

  1. 1
    The daytime sky
  2. 2
    The night sky

M. Engineering practices

  1. 1
    Design a race car track