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Cosmos Primary

Curriculum area · Impact Team

🔬 Science.

Curiosity, careful observation and scientific thinking — across biology, chemistry, physics and earth science. The Science Impact Team owns Cambridge Primary Science and our enquiry-led approach to working scientifically.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserynotice · changeliving · non-living
  • The Tiny Seed — Eric CarleLife-cycle of a plant.
LKGcompare · sorthabitat · material
  • What the Ladybird Heard — Julia DonaldsonFarm animals and observation.
UKGdescribe · predictsolid · liquid · magnet
  • A House for Hermit Crab — Eric CarleHabitat and growth.
Grade 1observe · recordplant · animal · force
  • The Magic School Bus · Inside the Earth — Joanna ColeEarth science by adventure.
Grade 2investigate · evidencegermination · life cycle
  • Ada Twist, Scientist — Andrea BeatyInquiry mindset, scientist identity.
Grade 3classify · patternvertebrate · invertebrate · shadow
  • The Street Beneath My Feet — Charlotte GuillainRocks, soil and depth.
Grade 4fair test · variablesolid · liquid · gas · circuit
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind — William KamkwambaEngineering and electricity.
Grade 5justify · limitationfriction · gravity · orbit · evaporation
  • Hidden Figures (Young Readers) — Margot Lee ShetterlySTEM history and identity.