SCIENCE WEEK - POLLUTION

KS2 Science: Climate Change & Sustainability Unit (Year 5) — Science Week Ready
A complete, ready-to-teach Year 5 science unit exploring climate change, sustainability and pollution, perfect for Science Week or as a half-term topic. This engaging 25-slide presentation takes pupils through three fully-resourced lessons, each with vocabulary, discussion prompts, retrieval-practice “Brain Boosters” and hands-on activities.

What’s included:
Lesson 1 – Climate Change: Introduces key vocabulary (atmosphere, greenhouse gases, weather patterns), a true/false weather-vs-climate vote, a concept-cartoon discussion and a practical experiment.

Lesson 2 – A Significant Scientist (James Lovelock): A child-friendly biography of the “Science Rebel,” his Electron Capture Detector, the discovery of CFCs, the ban that saved the Ozone Layer and the Gaia hypothesis — with a paired “I read black, you read purple” reading activity and an interview-question task.

Lesson 3 – Water Pollution: Causes of water pollution, oil spills, a full oil-spill clean-up experiment with equipment list and reflection, plus a “what can WE do?” call to action on reducing plastic, saving energy and using your voice.