A no-prep, 4-lesson science unit on EYFS Understanding the World / KS1 working scientifically (pushes and pulls; UK forces are taught from KS2 Year 3, noted honestly), written for Year 0 (ages 4-5). Phenomenon-first and three-dimensional: every lesson opens with something to wonder about and builds toward the unit’s big question. Open and teach — full teacher plans, projectable slides, three differentiated pupil worksheets per lesson, a complete printable lab pack, a knowledge organiser, and a baseline + end-of-unit assessment.

Big question: How do pushes and pulls make things move?

What’s included

• 4 × Teacher lesson plans (Word) on the 5E spine (Engage · Explore · Explain · Elaborate · Evaluate)
• 4 × Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 4 × Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, 16:9 widescreen)
• 1 × Full lab pack (Word) — investigation question, fair-test variables, household and lab equipment lists, a real risk assessment, a blank results table, and analysis + conclusion scaffolds
• 1 × Knowledge organiser (Word, A4 landscape)
• 1 × Baseline + end-of-unit assessment with a teacher answer key and three-dimensional items
• Hand-coded diagrams with clear labels for the unit’s key ideas — never AI-generated
• Original illustrations for every phenomenon hook

Lesson outline

1. What is a push? What is a pull?
2. Big push, little push
3. Stop, start and turn
4. Build a way to change how a ball moves

Pupils will know

• A push moves a thing away from you.
• A pull brings a thing closer to you.
• A bigger push or pull makes a bigger change.
• A push or pull can make a thing start, stop, go faster or change direction.
• We can build something, like a ramp or a wall, to change how a thing moves.