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Science Dice

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Animals, Biodiversity & Habitats, Climate Science, Electricity, Energy, Evolution & Inheritance, Forces, Light, Plants, Properties & Uses of Materials, Rocks, Fossils and Soils, Seasonal Change, Sound, Space, States of Matter

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3-5, 5-7, 7-9, 9-12

A hands-on resource for retrieving science vocabulary and using it with understanding

In the guidance report, Improving Primary Science (EEF, 2023), the first of the six recommendations highlights the importance of developing children’s scientific vocabulary so they can use it with understanding and participate effectively in science.

Science Dice provide an engaging hands-on approach to supporting children to recall science-specific vocabulary and to apply it in their science learning. The resource consists of sets of topic-related, age-appropriate scientific words that are designed to be used with 12cm sided foam dice with clear window pockets. Each vocabulary set consists of an A4 page of six words which, when cut into separate cards, can be inserted into the pockets on one dice.

What does Science Dice include?

Vocabulary card sets for different science topics with sets organised into age groups as below:

  • Early years (3-5)
  • Lower Primary (5-7)
  • Middle Primary (7-9)
  • Upper Primary (9-12)

Sets of foam dice are available from TTS-group. Visit TTS to purchase.

A teacher guide giving a range of suggestions about how to use the dice in the classroom.

Download the teacher guide
an image of the educational resource called Science Dice with vocabulary cards to put in the sleeves

Science Dice vocabulary sets

a close image of a bee on a flower with pollen on both

Plants

Middle Primary (7-9)

Science Dice Cards
lush vegetation

Plants

Upper Primary (9-12)

Science Dice Cards
a large rock outside formation with blue skies above

Rocks, Fossils and Soils

Lower Primary (5-7)

Science Dice Cards
an image of fossilised organisms

Rocks, Fossils and Soils

Middle Primary (7-9)

Science Dice Cards
an close image displaying porous rock

Rocks, Fossils and Soils

Upper Primary (9-12)

Science Dice Cards
a colourful kite flying in the sky

Seasonal Change

Early Years (3-5)

Science Dice Cards
an autumn view with fallen yellow leaves on the ground and path

Seasonal Change

Lower Primary (5-7)

Science Dice Cards
an image of eight planets linear from the sun

Space

Middle Primary (7-9)

Science Dice Cards
an image of a telescope pointed at a vast purple night sky with stars and clouds in the distance

Space

Upper Primary (9-12)

Science Dice Cards
a child placing her finger to her mouth to symbolise the need to be quiet

Sound

Lower Primary (5-7)

Science Dice Cards
a group drumming

Sound

Middle Primary (7-9)

Science Dice Cards
pink and purple radio waves on a black background

Sound

Upper Primary (9-12)

Science Dice Cards