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Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

Unit 6D: Reversible and irreversible changes (short unit)

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About this unit

This unit brings together and consolidates work that children have done before on reversible changes eg melting, freezing, evaporating, dissolving, condensing, introduces burning as a change that cannot be reversed and, like other irreversible changes, produces new materials.

Experimental and investigative work focuses on:

  • making careful observations
  • suggesting explanations for observations, using scientific knowledge and understanding.
Work in this unit also offers opportunities for using scientific knowledge and understanding to explain and interpret a range of everyday changes.

This unit takes approximately 6 hours.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Mixing materials with water
2. Filtration and evaporation
3. Making new materials
4. Heating and cooling materials
5. Burning
6. Hazards of burning
7. Review