Science Songs

SINGING TO LEARN SCIENCE: Planning: Key Stage One Songs
Theme
About Science
Super Scientists
Let’s Investigate
1A Ourselves 2A Health and Growth
All About Us Bacteria Boogie
Eat your vegetables Eat your Vegetables
Exercise song Healthy Eating
Fit and Happy Your Body
Healthy Eating
Senses
Who Cares?
1B Growing Plants 2B Plants & Animals
Flower stem leaves and roots A Flower’s Life Cycle
George’s song George’s song
Growing Plants Growing Plants
Plant Growth Plant Growth
1C Sorting & Using Materials 2C Variation

Drip Drop What could I be?
Re-cycle and Re-use
1D Light & Dark 2D Classifying materials
Shadows and Light Changing water
Twinkle Twinkle Drip Drop
Materials
Re-cycle and Re-use
Water
1E Pushes & Pulls 2E Forces and Movement
Change that Shape Change that Shape
Push Me Pull Me Push and Pull
Push and Pull The Force of a Bully
The Force of a Bully
1F Sound & Hearing 2F Electricity
Blow Shake Tap Electricity
Changing Sounds Electricity at Home
My Little Ear Electricity Safety song
Round and round the Circuit
Helen MacGregor.03.2005
SINGING TO LEARN SCIENCE: Planning: Key Stage Two Songs
QCA Unit of Work

About science
How? Why? What?
Let’s Investigate!
Singing Science
Super Scientists
Twentieth Century Inventors
3A Teeth and Eating 4A Moving & Growing
A Toothy Tune All about us
Different Teeth Exercise song
Eat your vegetables Your body
Healthy Eating
3B Helping Plants grow well 4B Habitats
Flowers stem leaves and roots Down at the Seashore
George’s song Food Chain
Helping plants grow well George’s Song
Photosynthesis Germination
Plants, roots, seeds
Saving Seeds
3C Characteristics of Materials 4C Keeping warm
Material song Cellar, kitchen
The Three states of Materials Keeping warm
3D Rocks & Soils 4D Solids, Liquids & their Separation
Rocks and Soil Advice to Jack for changing materials
Where do Puddles go? Changing water
Dissolving
Icy Lakes
Water Cycle
3E Magnets & Springs 4E Friction
A Forceful Tale A Forceful Tale
Magnet Calypso Friction
Poles apart The Force of a Bully
3F Light & Shadows 4F Circuits & conductors
Shadows and Light Connect the Wires
Electricity
Electricity at Home
Light and sound
One battery one bulb
Round and Round the circuit
The Circuit Hokey Cokey
The Circuit song
Voltage is a push
What will happen?
5A Keeping Healthy 6A Interdependence & Adaptation
A Toothy Tune Food chain
Bacteria Boogie
Healthy Heart
Exercise song
Your Body
5B Life Cycles 6B Micro-organisms
A Flower’s Life cycle Bacteria Boogie
Compost Heap
5C Gases around us 6C More about Dissolving
Sea and Rain Evaporation
The States of Water Never ending process
Water Raise, drop
Thermometers
Wey, Hey!
5E Earth, Sun and Moon 6D Reversible & Irreversible changes
Earth Sun and Moon Changing water
Earth, Sun & Moon Rap Dissolving
Icy Lakes
States of Matter
Sea and Rain
5F Changing Sounds 6E Forces in Action
Changing Sounds Friction
Hear! Hear! Forces
The Force of a Bully
The symbol is N
We’re doing Science
6G Changing Circuits
Pop goes the light bulb!
The Circuit Song
What will Happen?
SINGING TO LEARN Science
Pilot project Spring Term 2005
Song Title: A FLOWER’S LIFE CYCLE

Tune: Oh, When the Saints go Marching in
Key Stage One: 2B PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Written by: Michelle Hudnott, St Mary’s RC Primary, Whitstable
1. Oh when the seed lands on the ground

Oh when the seed lands on the ground
It will germinate with water
When the seed lands on the ground
2. Oh, then the plant begins to grow

Oh, then the plant begins to grow
It needs warmth, light and water
Then the plant begins to grow
3. Oh, then the bee pollinates the flower

Oh, then the bee pollinates the flower
Then comes fertilisation
When the bee pollinates the flower
4. Oh then the seeds will be dispersed

Oh then the seeds will be dispersed
Then we go back to the beginning
When the seeds have been dispersed
5. Oh when the seed lands on the ground

Oh when the seed lands on the ground
It will germinate with water
When the seed lands on the ground……
TEACHING TIPS
= Add actions to tell the story of the flower’s life cycle.
Song Title: A FORCEFUL TALE

Tune: London’s Burning
Key Stage Two: 3E Magnets and Springs/ 4E Friction
Written by: Angus and Daryl, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
Push and pull

Push and pull
Change direction
That’s a force
Speeding up
Slowing down
North and South x2

Poles of a magnet x2
Opposite poles attract x2
Like poles repel x2
In a parachute
Air resistance
What a drag!
Slows you down
When two objects

Rub together
Heat is generated
Because of friction
Forces are vectors

They need directions
Change speed
Use an arrow
SINGING TO LEARN Science.
Pilot Project Spring Term 2005
Song Title: A TOOTHY TUNE.

Tune: One Finger One Thumb Keep Moving
Key Stage Two: 3A TEETH AND EATING/ 5A KEEPING HEALTHY
Written By: Fi Gallimore, Briary Primary School, Kent
4 incisors, 2 canines keep eating, x3

We clean them to keep them white
4 premolars, 6 molars keep chewing x3

We clean them day and night.
Our incisors are sharp for biting x3

We brush all the food away
Canines are for holding and tearing x3

We want to avoid decay
Our molars are flat for grinding x3

There are 32 teeth in a set
Your teeth are designed for a lifetime x3

They’re the only ones you will get
TEACHING TIP
VCan the children work out the numbers of each type of tooth to make a complete top
and bottom set in the first verse? (Double each number).
Sing the song again with the numbers for a complete set of teeth.
Song Title: ADVICE TO JACK FOR CHANGING MATERIALS

Tune: If You’re Happy and you Know it.
Key Stage Two: 4D SOLIDS, LIQUIDS and how they can be separated
Written by: Michelle Hudnott, St Mary’s RC Primary School, Kent
1. To turn a solid into a liquid, you must melt

To turn a solid into a liquid, you must melt
If you want to change it back
Freeze it, Jack!
To turn a solid into a liquid, you must melt
2. To turn a liquid into a gas, evaporate

To turn a liquid into a gas, evaporate
If you want to turn it back
Condense it, Jack!
To turn a liquid into a gas, evaporate
Song Title: ALL ABOUT US

Tune: Heads, Shoulder Knees and Toes
Key Stage One/Two: 1A OURSELVES/4A MOVING AND GROWING
Written by: Sarah Buchan, Bridge and Patrixbourne CEP School, Kent
When we exercise we transfer en-er-gy

We breathe much faster and our hearts beat faster too
Our bodies contain lots of bones, lots of bones

Our bodies contain lots of bones, lots of bones
They support us, protect us and help us all to move
Our bodies contain lots of bones, lot of bones
Joints enable us to move, us to move

There are different types: ball and socket, and the hinge
Muscles contract and relax, and relax

They’re attached to our bones and they work in pairs too
Teaching Tip
hLook at the words of verse two and ask the class to describe how our bones protect us
(by protecting our internal organs).
hCan children give examples of different ball and socket joints(shoulder, hip) and hinge
joints (elbow, knee)?
hAsk the class to name different muscles in the body, e.g. biceps, calf muscles.
Song Title: BACTERIA BOOGIE

Tune: One Man Went To Mow
Key Stage One/Two: 2A HEALTH AND GROWTH/5A KEEPING HEALTHY/
6B MICRO-ORGANISMS
Written by: Fi Gallimore, Briary Primary School, Kent
Bacteria can grow

In the right conditions
These micro-organisms are all around
Multiplying is their mission
Some bacteria are good

They help our body work
Some can do us lots of harm
And everywhere they lurk
If the temperature is high

Bacteria are killed
But they will just lie dormant
When the temperature is chilled
Take these simple tips

To keep bad bugs at bay
Keep food cool, keep yourself clean
Wash the germs away
Song title: BLOW, SHAKE, TAP

Tune: Three Blind Mice
Key Stage One: 1F SOUND AND HEARING
Written by: Fiona Solly, Rosie Henderson, Herne Infant School, Kent
Loud, quiet, silent

Loud, quiet, silent
Pluck, rattle, ring
Pluck, rattle, ring
There are many sounds that we can make
You can hum, you can bang, you can click or scrape
So which sound are you going to make
When it’s your turn?
Blow, shake, tap

Blow, shake, tap
Near or far away
Near or far away
What happens to the sound you make
If you go far away to shout or shake?
So will your sound be loud or faint
When it’s your turn?
TEACHING TIP
2Sit in a circle with a collection of instruments or sound sources in the centre. Pass a
bean bag around the circle as you sing the song. At the end of the song the child
with the bean bag chooses a sound source and makes a sound.
2Discuss the sounds with the children. You might like to use a variety of sound
sources, e.g. pan lids, toys, corrugated card or other materials.
Song Title: CELLAR, KITCHEN

Tune: Down in the Jungle.
Key Stage Two: 4C KEEPING WARM
Written by: Class 6F, Hampton Primary School, Kent
Down in the cellar where nobody goes

There’s a great big battery collecting his clips
With a crocodile here and a circuit there
That’s the way he recharges himself
Power, lots of energy
Power, lots of energy
That’s the way he recharges himself
Down in the kitchen where nobody goes

There’s a hot kettle boiling and streaming out steam
With a liquid over here and a gas over there
That’s the way he puffs out steam
Gas, liquid, drip, drip, drip
Gas, liquid, drip, drip, drip
That’s the way he puffs out steam
Song Title: CHANGE THAT SHAPE

Tune: I Hear Thunder
Key Stage One: 1E PUSHES AND PULLS
Written by: Sally Cox, Sue Lilley, Hampton Primary School, Kent
1. Squash and squeeze

Squash and squeeze
Change that shape
Change that shape
Twist and bend and stretch it
Twist and bend and stretch it
Crumple it too!
Crumple it too!
2. Rip and tear

Rip and tear
Crush it too
Crush it too
You can use the force
You can use the force
To change that shape
To change that shape
TEACHING TIPS
& Add actions
& Use scrap materials (paper, cellophane, plastic, fabric) to accompany the song with
sounds as you squash, squeeze, twist, bend, stretch, crumple, rip, tear and crush!
& Divide into groups to perform as a round with actions or scrap percussion
Song Title: CHANGING SOUNDS

Tune: A Sailor Went To Sea
Key Stage One/Two: 1F SOUND AND HEARING/ 5F CHANGING SOUNDS
Written by: Fi Gallimore, Briary Primary, Kent
An object can vibrate, rate, rate

At many different rates, rates, rates
And when things jig around, round, round
Vibrations make a sound, sound, sound
When vibrations are slow, slow, slow

The sound it makes is low, low, low
Increase vibration speed, speed, speed
The pitch goes up indeed, deed, deed
When vibrations are small, small, small

There’s hardly sound at all, all, all
The larger that they grow, grow, grow
The louder sound will go, go, go
TEACHING TIP
Use your hands to show the way the pitch moves higher at the end of verse 2.
Increase the tempo to match the words.
y Make your voices sing the matching high and low, quiet and loud, fast and slow
sounds.
Song Title: CHANGING WATER

Tune: The Wheels of the bus go round
Key Stage Two: 4D/6D REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES
Written by Ethan, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
I am freezing, freezing, freezing

Into a solid
I am melting, melting, melting

Into a liquid
I am running, running, running

Into the ocean
I am evaporating, evaporating
Into a gas
I have turned into a cloud

Floating in the sky
I am falling, falling, falling

Down as rain
Song title: COMPOST HEAP

Tune: Three blind mice
Key stage Two: 6B MICRO-ORGANISMS
Written by: Donna Golubovas and Karen Young, Adisham Primary School, Kent
Nice cut grass

Nice cut grass
See how it decays
See how it decays
The apple cores and the ‘nana skins
Are piled up together in garden bins
The bacteria help to break it all down
Compost is made
Compost heap
Compost heap
Who lives in there?
Who lives in there?
The worms, the snails and woodlice do
It keeps them warm and feeds them too
New grass is added and heat is produced
It all starts again
TEACHING TIP
• To extend pupils’ vocabulary substitute the word ‘microbes’ for bacteria in the first
verse.
Song Title: CONNECT THE WIRES

Tune: The Drunken Sailor
Key Stage Two: 4F CIRCUITS AND CONDUCTORS; 6G CHANGING CIRCUITS
Written by Sally, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
Connect the wires to the battery

Then attach a light bulb
Electrons flow around the circuit

Lighting up the light bulb
Now it’s time to add a buzzer

Watch the bulb get dimmer
Let’s add another battery

Watch the bulb get brighter
The circuit, now, is working fine

Now it is complete
Song title: DIFFERENT TEETH

Tune: Ten green bottles
Key Stage Two: 3A TEETH AND EATING
Written by: Donna Golubovas and Karen Young, Adisham Primary School, Kent
Carnivores eating lots of meat

Carnivores eating lots of meat
Tigers, dogs, lions, bears and cats
Pointed teeth, tearing up the meat
Herbivores eating only plants

Herbivores eating only plants
Rabbits, giraffes, pandas, horses, sheep
Sharp, flat teeth, grinding up the plants
Omnivores eating everything

Omnivores eating everything
Humans eat both animals and plants
All types of teeth for eating everything
Song title: DISSOLVING

Tune: Head, Shoulders. Knees and Toes
Key Stage Two: 4D SOLIDS, LIQUIDS and how they can be separated /
6D REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES
Written by: Patricia Bell, Joy Lane Junior School, Kent
Solvent, solute, stir, dissolve, stir, dissolve

Filter solids, paper, sieve, paper, sieve
Evaporate the solvent, leave a residue
Condense the liquid as you cool, as you cool!

Sep’rate, mix, combine, react, combine, react
Reactions can be reversible
Mixtures need heat to change their state, change their state!

Thermometers and temperature, temperature
When a vapour escapes from the tube
The process is reversible, reversible !
TEACHING TIP
Can the children use their prior learning about
condensation to say how the process can be
reversed to make liquid from the vapour?
(By cooling – condensation).
Song Title: DOWN AT THE SEASHORE

Tune: Down in the Jungle
Key Stage Two: 4B HABITATS
Written by: Karen Young, Donna Golubovas, Adisham Primary School, Kent
Down at the seashore by a rocky pool

There are lots of living things they are really cool
Crabs and limpets and seaweed too
Gulls and shrimps make up the crew
CHORUS
Each needs the other, it’s completely true
Sharing their home, but different too!
Down in the country by a dark, dark wood

There are lots of living things that are really good
Owls and foxes and badgers too
Bluebells and fungus as you walk through
CHORUS
Down in the city by the noisy street

There are lots of living things that are really neat
Rats and pigeons, even humans, too!
Roses and green lawns improve the view
CHORUS
Sharing their home, but different too!
Song Title: DRIP DROP

Tune: The Farmer’s in the Den
Key Stage One : 1C SORTING & USING MATERIALS/ 2D CLASSIFYING
MATERIALS
Written by: Mel Crosby, Sallie Smith, Natalie Lacey, Westmeads CI School
I have a new umbrella

It is made of paper
Drip drop, getting wet
I need a new umbrella

It is made of plastic
Drip drop staying dry
I have a good umbrella

It is made of fabric
Drip drop getting wet
I need a new umbrella

It is made of tin foil
Drip drop staying dry
I have a good umbrella
Song Title: EARTH, SUN AND MOON

Tune: London’s Burning.
Key Stage Two: Unit 5E EARTH, SUN AND MOON
Written by Jenny Marshall and Patricia Bell, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
Sun is shining
Sun is shining
Source of light
Source of light
Bright! Bright!
Bright! Bright!
Keeps us warm
Keeps us warm
Casts a shadow x2
Object opaque x2
No light! x2
Just a shape x2
Sun is moving
Across the sky
Shorter shadows!
Not so clear
Summer sun
Higher up
Rises early!
More daylight
Moon is changing
Every month
Reflects! Reflects!
From the sun
Stars shine brightly

Their own light
Dark! Dark!
Light extinguish
Song Title: EARTH, SUN AND MOON RAP

Tune: Rap
Key Stage Two: 5E EARTH, SUN AND MOON
Written by: Ben Cooper, Denise Parrett, Briary Primary School, Kent
It’s nearly time, it’s coming soon

We’re gonna rap the Earth, Sun and Moon
The earth is a sphere which spins around

On its axis every day
But standing here it seems to us
That the sun has moved away
CHORUS
Spin, revolve, sunrise, sunset
East and west, day and night
Orbit, rotate, axis, sphere
Earth, sun and moon are best
Stamp your feet and beat your chest!
Earth, sun and moon are best
The moon appears to change its shape

‘Though it really is a sphere
It orbits round and round the earth
That’s thirteen times a year
The sun is a source of light

It also is a star
A million times bigger than the earth
Casting shadows from afar
TEACHING TIP
ß Point out to the children that the sun orbits the earth once every twenty eight days.
SINGING TO LEARN SCIENCE
Song Title: EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

Tune: This Old Man
Key Stage One/Two: 1A/OOUSELVES/ 3A TEETH AND EATING
Written by Ben, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
Half Term Science Challenge
This nice carrot

Is so great
It went straight
On my plate
With a - Eat your veggies
On your dinner plate
Eat them fast before it’s too late!
Some broccoli
And a cup of tea
Is exactly what I need
With a - Eat your veggies
On your dinner plate
Eat them fast before it’s too late!
TEACHING TIP
Æ Invite the children to make up new verses for other healthy foods that they like:
e.g. These green peas, are so great, They went straight on my plate! With a …..
Song Title: ELECTRICITY

Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down
Key Stage Two: 4F CIRCUITS AND CONDUCTORS
Written By: Mel Crosby, Sallie Smith, Natalie Lacey, Westmeads Primary School,
Zoe Anderson, Julia Castleton, Herne Bay Infant, Fiona Solly, Rosie Henderson, Herne
Infant school, Kent
1. Electricity flowing round

Flowing round, flowing round
Electricity flowing round
How do you make a circuit?
2. Wire and batteries can connect

Can connect, can connect
Wire and batteries can connect
Can connect a circuit
3. What conductor do you use?

Do you use? Do you use?
What conductor do you use?
Try paper clips or foil!
4. Can you turn it on and off?

On and off? On and off?
Can you turn it on and off?
You could use a switch!
5. Electricity flowing round

Flowing round, flowing round
Electricity flowing round
You have made a circuit!
Song Title: ELECTRICITY AT HOME

Tune: Wheels on the bus.
Key Stage Two: Unit 4F CIRCUITS AND CONDUCTORS
Written by Leah and Luke, Year 3, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
The light in my bedroom switches on and off

On and off
On and off
The light in my bedroom switches
On and off
All day long
The picture on my telly goes on and off

On and off
On and off
The picture on my telly goes
On and off
All day long
The alarm clock in my room goes buzz, buzz, buzz

Buzz, buzz, buzz
Buzz, buzz, buzz
The alarm clock in my room goes
Buzz, buzz, buzz
All day long
The fuse in my house has blown, blown, blown

Blown, blown, blown
Blown, blown, blown
The fuse in my house has blown, blown, blown
Now it’s time for bed
Song Title: ELECTRICITY SAFETY SONG

Tune: Drunken Sailor
Key Stage One: 2F ELECTRICITY
Written by: Fiona Solly, Rosie Henderson, Herne Infant, Kent
What shall we do to keep us safe?

What shall we do to keep us safe?
What shall we do to keep us safe
Near mains electricity?
Never play with plugs or sockets

Near mains electricity
Appliances can be dangerous

Beware if they’re not turned off
Make sure your fingers are dry

If you turn the switch on
Song Title: EVAPORATION

Tune: Frere Jacques
Key Stage Two: 6C MORE ABOUT DISSOLVING
Written by: Class 6S, Hampton Primary School, Kent
Evaporation, evaporation
Liquid to gas, liquid to gas
He-at energy, he-at energy
Water vapour, water vapour
Air dries washing, air dries washing

With heat too, with heat too
Mist and fog, mist and fog
Comes from water droplets, comes from water droplets
Condensation, condensation
Water vapour, water vapour
Cooling down, cooling down
From gas to liquid, from gas to liquid
Water cycle, water cycle

Never ending, never ending
Water is exchanged, water is exchanged
Between land and air, land and air
Song Title: EXERCISE SONG

Tune: Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree
Key Stage One and Two: 1A OURSELVES/ 4A MOVING AND GROWING/
5A KEEPING HEALTHY
Written By: Fi Gallimore, Briary.
When I exercise I need energy,

My breath and heart go faster as muscles move me,
I get hot and I go red with the strain.
I sweat
That cools me down again.
Song Title: FIT AND HAPPY

Tune: What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?
Key Stage One : 1A OURSELVES 2A HEALTH AND GROWTH
Written by: Mel Crosby, Sallie Smith & Natalie Lacey, Westmeads Primary School
Primary School, Kent
Chorus (sung to tune of verse of Drunken Sailor)

What do we need to keep us healthy?
Keep us fit and happy
1. Fruit, veg have lots of vitamins

Fruit, veg have lots of vitamins
Fruit, veg have lots of vitamins
2. Fresh air and exercise

Fresh air and exercise
Fresh air and exercise
3. Water will help our brains

Water will help our brains
Water will help our brains
4. Rest and sleep are needed daily

Rest and sleep are needed daily
Rest and sleep are needed daily
TEACHING TIPS
VWhen you know the song well, divide into two groups to sing the questions and the
answers (chorus and verse) alternately.
Song Title: FLOWER, STEM. LEAVES AND ROOTS

Tune: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Key Stage One/Two: Unit 1B/ 3B HELPING PLANTS GROW WELL
Written by Ben, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
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Flower, stem, leaves and roots, leaves and roots

We know that plants need all of these things
You’d better water your plant, water your plant

Or it won’t grow up nice and strong
You’d better give your plant some light, sunlight

Or it’ll turn a horrid yellowy cream
You’d better talk to your plants, to your plants

Give them carbon dioxide to make their food
You’d better keep the temperature right, keep it right

Plants don’t like it too hot or too cold
You’d better give your plant minerals, dissolved in water

You’d better give your plant minerals, dissolved in water
Water from the soil the plant sits in
You’d better give your plants minerals, dissolved in water

We know that plants need all of these things
Song Title: FOOD CHAIN

Tune: Bobby Shaftoe
Written By: Ben Cooper, Briary Primary School, Kent
1. Food chains start with a producer

Food chains start with a producer
Food chains start with a producer
Plants are all producers
2. Consumers eat the plants

Consumers eat the plants
Consumers eat the plants
Animals are consumers
3. Consumers then eat other consumers

Consumers then eat other consumers
Consumers then eat other consumers
Predators eat prey
4. Arrows point to who is eating

Arrows point to who is eating
Arrows point to who is eating
In an ecosystem
5. Now you know the food chain sequence

Now you know the food chain sequence
Now you know the food chain sequence
And you won’t forget it!
Song Title: FRICTION

Key Stage Two: 4E FRICTION/6E FORCES IN ACTION
Written by: Class 6L, Hampton Primary School, Kent
Friction is a force
Friction is a force
It generates heat
Equal and opposite forces applied
The object does not move
The object does not move
Song Title: FORCES

Tune: Ten Green Bottles.
Key Stage Two: 6E FORCES IN ACTION
Friction is a force between two surfaces

When two surfaces rub together you feel the friction heat
An object will stay at rest until a force is applied

If you put force on it you can watch it go
The up thrust from the water equals the pull of gravity

The sea water is denser than fresh water
TEACHING TIP
• Point out to the children that, in the last verse, the relationship between up thrust
and gravity is only true of a floating object.
Song Title: GEORGE’S SONG

Tune: Down in the Jungle.
Key Stage One/Two: 1B GROWING PLANTS/2B PLANTS & ANIMALS
3B HELPING PLANTS GROW WELL/4B HABITATS
Down in the jungle there were some seeds

Where nobody knew how to make them grow
With a little light here and a little warmth there
Add a little water to make them grow
CHORUS
Light, warmth and a little bit of water
That’s the way we grow our seeds
Down in the jungle some seeds were growing

With a root going down and a stem going up
Add a little water to make them grow.
CHORUS
Down in the jungle there is a plant growing

With lots of leaves and a flower too
Add a little water to make it grow
CHORUS
That’s the way our seeds keep growing
TEACHING TIP
U Use the song to stimulate an investigation to discover what seeds need to
germinate, and what plants need to grow well.
U Ensure that the children know that scientifically seeds do not need light to
germinate, but need light to grow well.
Song Title: GERMINATION

Tune: Wheels on the Bus
Key Stage Two: 4B Habitats
The seeds in the ground need warmth, warmth, warmth

Warmth, warmth, warmth, warmth, warmth, warmth
The seeds in the ground need warmth, warmth, warmth
Warmth to help them grow
The seeds in the ground need water, water, water

Water, water, water, water, water, water
The seeds in the ground need water, water, water
Water to keep them growing
The seeds in the ground have grown, grown, grown

Grown, grown, grown, grown, grown, grown
The seeds in the ground have grown, grown, grown
They have germinated
Song Title: GROWING PLANTS

Key Stage One: 1B GROWING PLANTS / 2B PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Written by: Sue Lilley, Hampton Primary School, Kent
1. Down in the woods where the squirrels play

There’s an acorn growing in the earth today
With some heat from the sun and a little bit of rain
Here’s another oak tree growing again
Chorus
With a root, shoot, stem
A leaf and a flower
A leaf and a flower
A leaf and a flower
That’s the way the oak tree grows
2. Down in the orchard where the blackbirds play

There’s an apple tree growing in the earth today
Here’s another apple tree growing again
With a root, shoot, stem……………

That’s the way the apple tree grows
3. Down in the garden where the children play

There’s a bulb poking through the earth today
Here’s another daffodil flowering again
With a root, shoot, stem……………

That’s the way the daffodil grows
TEACHING TIPS
5 Add actions to show the sun and rain
6 Find actions to illustrate the words of the chorus to show the root, shoot, stem, leaf
and flower.
Song Title: HEALTHY EATING

Tune: Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Key Stage One/Two: 1A OURSELVES/ 2A HEALTH AND GROWTH
3A TEETH AND EATING
Written by: Mel Crosby, Sallie Smith, Natalie Lacey, Westmeads Primary School
1. Cream, yoghurt, milk and cheese, milk and cheese

Cream, yoghurt, milk and cheese, milk and cheese
Are dairy products you keep in your fridge
Cream, yoghurt, milk and cheese, milk and cheese
2. Bread, pasta, spuds and rice, spuds and rice

Bread, pasta, spuds and rice, spuds and rice
Are carbohydrates to give you energy
Bread, pasta, spuds and rice, spuds and rice
3. Eggs, chicken, fish and meat, fish and meat

Eggs, chicken, fish and meat, fish and meat
Are full of protein, they make you fit and strong
Eggs, chicken, fish and meat, fish and meat
4. Beans, carrots, leeks and peas, leeks and peas

Beans, carrots, leeks and peas, leeks and peas
Are vegetables, you need to eat your greens
Beans, carrots, leeks and peas, leeks and peas
5. Plums apples, pears and grapes, pears and grapes

Plums apples, pears and grapes, pears and grapes
Are fresh and fruity, they’re full of vitamins
Plums apples, pears and grapes, pears and grapes
6. Crisps, biscuits, cakes and chips, cakes and chips

Crisps, biscuits, cakes and chips, cakes and chips
Fat and sugary, you shouldn’t eat too much!
Crisps, biscuits, cakes and chips, cakes and chips
Song Title: HEALTHY HEART

Tune: Jingle Bells.
Key Stage Two: Unit 5A KEEPING HEALTHY
Written by Olivia, Year 4, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
Science Half Term Challenge
Dashing through the veins

On a one-way open road
Heading to the heart
To make our bodies go
The blood is pumped around
On a most incredible journey
And all we need to do to help
Is diet and exercise
CHORUS
Oh, liver, spleen,

Kidneys, lungs
Brain and oh the heart
These are all our special parts
We want them all to last
Oh, healthy heart, healthy heart
Keeps us going strong
Forget the junk, it’s fruit and veg
You know that I’m not wrong
Song title: HEAR, HEAR! (OR EAR! EAR!)

Tune: The Twelve Days of Christmas (1ST verse only).
Key Stage Two: 5F CHANGING SOUNDS
Written by: Karen Young and Donna Golubovas, Adisham Primary School,
Kent
When you beat on a drum

The sound is very clear
Travelling to your ear
The harder you beat

Sound is loud and strong
Big waves moving along
Small waves are produced

When you softly beat
The sound is very quiet and weak
The waves are very close

When vibrations are quick
Making a sound that’s high pitched
The waves are spread out

When vibrations are slow
Making a sound that’s pitched low
Song Title: HELPING PLANTS GROW WELL

Tune: Drunken Sailor.
Key Stage Two: Unit 3B HELPING PLANTS GROW WELL
Written by Jenny Marshall and Patricia Bell, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
What do seeds need in order to grow?

They need heat and water
What about plants that grow without light?

They grow tall and sickly
How are plants held in place?

By soil around the root base
How do plants get a drink?

From water in the soil
What do plants do when uprooted?

The stems and leaves start drooping
How then can we put this right?

Put them in soil and water
Song Title: HOW? WHY? WHAT?

Tune: She’ll be Coming round the Mountain
Key Stage Two: About scientific investigations
Written by: Ben Cooper, Chris Lilley, Fi Gallimore, Denise Parrett, Briary Primary, Kent
1. We are asking questions, planning what to do

We are asking questions, planning what to do
We are asking lots of questions to plan investigations
Remember a fair test is what we do.
CHORUS
Singing ‘ How? Why? What’s it all about?’
Singing ‘ How? Why? What’s it all about?’
If you learn our simple song
You surely can’t go wrong, remember
How? Why? What? And give a shout! YEE HA!
2. We are testing and predicting while we think

We are testing and predicting while we think
We are testing and predicting
Chemicals we’re mixing
Now they’ve all gone BANG! And made a stink!
CHORUS
3. We’re observing and recording what we see

We’re observing and recording what we see
We’re observing and recording
Using graphs and tables
Then you can interpret what you see!
SINGING SONGS TO LEARN Science
Song Title: ICY LAKES

Tune: Frere Jacques
Key Stage Two: 4D SOLIDS, LIQUIDS/ 6D REVERSIBLE & IRREVERSIBLE
CHANGES
Written by Lauren, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
Water’s freezing
Water’s freezing
Turns to ice
Turns to ice
Melt it back to liquid
Melt it back to liquid
Water cycle
Water cycle.
Water’s boiling x2
Creating steam x2
Evaporating x2
To the air x2
Clouds are full

With water vapour
Now it’s time to burst
Soaking wet
Icy lakes
To skate on
Now melt away
Back to a lake
Song Title: KEEPING WARM

Tune: Frere Jacques
Key Stage Two: 4C KEEPING WARM
Materials have properties

Materials have properties
Hot and cold
Hot and cold
Thermal insulators
Thermal insulators
Keep you warm
Keep you warm
Thermal insulation x2
Hot water bottles x2
Covers and gloves x2
Heat won’t pass x2
Heat conductors
Let heat through
Metals are good
At letting heat through
Song Title: LET’S INVESTIGATE!

Tune: She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
Key Stage One/Two: ABOUT SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
Written by: Donna Golubovas, Karen Young, Adisham Primary and Jennifer Lewis,
Sarah Buchan, Bridge & Patrixbourne Primary Schools, Kent
1. We’ll be asking lots of questions to find out ASK! ASK!

We’ll be asking lots of questions to find out ASK! ASK!
We’ll be asking lots of questions, asking lots of questions
Asking lots of questions to find out ASK! ASK!
Chorus
Singing ‘ Let’s investigate, investigate!’
Singing ‘ Let’s investigate, investigate!’
Singing ‘ Let’s investigate, let’s investigate!’
‘ Let’s investigate, investigate!’
2. We’ll be planning all the things we need to do PLAN! PLAN!…….
3. We’ll predict what we think will happen next PRE - DICT!……
4. Then we’ll test out our ideas and have a go TEST! TEST!
5. We’ll observe what we can see during our test OB - SERVE!…
6. We’ll record what we find out for our results RE - CORD!…
7. We’ll interpret our results when we discuss IN- TER-PRET!….
8. We’ll evaluate our work and what we learnt E - VALU – ATE
TEACHING TIP
& To help remind you of all the stages of a scientific investigation. hum the tune of each
line or sing the words silently in your head. At the end of each line sing the Science
words out loud – PLAN, PREDICT, TEST, OBSERVE, RECORD, INTERPRET,
EVALUATE.
& As an alternative chorus, substitute the words of Super Scientists.
Song Title: LIGHT AND SOUND

Written by Lauren, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
Bulb and buzzer

Bulb and buzzer
Link together
Link together
With wire!
With wire!
Light and sound
Light and sound
Volt and battery x2

Connect together x2
Switch on! x2
Power supply x2
Cell and current

Com-pon-ents
Motor, bulb
Make it brighter
Negative terminal
Switch it over
Positive!
Use conductors
Song Title: MAGNET CALYPSO

Tune: General Calypso lilt.
Key Stage Two: 3E MAGNETS AND SPRINGS
Written By:Chris Lilley, Ben Cooper & Fi Gallimore, Briary Primary School, Kent
Sung in the style of Sebastian from the Little Mermaid.
Some metals attract the magnets

The magnets, they love them so
Most of all they love iron and steel
Aluminium, brass and copper? They say no!

No other materials stand a chance
Wood, plastic and glass can go.

Some magnets are stronger than others
They pick up more paperclips-Yo!

The ends of the magnets are north and south
South is the blue, North has a nice red glow

Unlike ends they attract so well
But like ends repel like so! (cool action pointing in opposite directions)
Song Title: MATERIAL SONG

Tune: Do your Ears hang Low?
Key Stage Two: 3C CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS
Written by: Denise Parrett, Briary Primary School, Kent
Can you name these things?

Are they nat-ur-al or not?
Do they come from the sea?
Do they come from underground?
Do they come from a plant, an animal or tree?
Can you name these things? (Certainly can!)
Can you make these things?

Are they nat-ur-al or not?
Are your clothes made of glass?
Is a boat made of paint?
Can you point to some plastic or even to some wood?
Can you make these things? (Certainly can)
TEACHING TIP
• You may like to discuss with children the meaning of natural and man-made,
introducing the terms non-natural/ not natural. Ensure that the children
understand that it is the material being described rather than the way that the
object has been made.
Song Title: MATERIALS

Tune: Old MacDonald had a Farm
Key Stage One : 2D GROUPING AND CLASSIFYING MATERIALS
Written by: Donna Golubovas, Karen Young, Adisham Primary; Jennifer Lewis, Bridge
and Patrixbourne Primary School, Kent
Hard or soft or flexible?

Rough or smooth or sticky?
Dull, absorbent, strong or weak?
Warm or cold, or shiny?
Can you stretch it out?

Can you screw it up?
Cut it? Bend it?
Change its shape completely?
Now you know some words to use
How would you describe it?
TEACHING TIP
Perform actions to the words of the chorus.
Sort examples of a variety of materials to match each of the descriptions in the verse.
Place a variety of materials in a cloth ‘feely bag’ and pass it around as you sing the
song. At the end of the song the child holding the bag selects an item and describes its
properties.
Song Title: MY LITTLE EAR

Tune: Yankee Doodle
Key Stage One: 1F SOUND AND HEARING
Written by: Jennifer Lewis, Bridge and Patrixbourne CEP School, Kent.
What will happen with a sound if I make it LO-UD?

What will happen with a sound if I make it qu-iet?
How do I hear the sound? Which part of me hears it?
That will be my little ear, if you listen carefully!
Where does the sound travel to, where does it come from?
Can it travel through the walls and how far can it go?
It travels from the object to, my own little ear drum
Through some materials and quieter as we move away
Song Title: NEVER ENDING PROCESS

Tune: Ten Green Bottles
Written by: Class 6L Hampton Primary School, Kent
The water cycle is a never ending process

The water cycle is a never ending process
Water is exchanged between land and air
The water will return to the earth’s surface
The sun takes the water from the lakes and rivers
The sun takes the water from the lakes and rivers
The rain that falls onto the mountains
Runs right down into the streams
Song Title: ONE BATTERY, ONE BULB

Tune: One finger, one thumb.
Written by Laura and Jessica, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Kent.
One battery, one bulb – keep making

To use electricity
You will probably need some wires

Or you just won’t stand a chance!
Then put it all together

And predict what happens next!
Record your results in a table

For future generations
Song Title: PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Tune: Hokey Cokey.
Key Stage Two: Unit 3B HELPING PLANTS GROW WELL
Written by Patricia Bell, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent and Sue
Lilley, Hampton Primary School, Herne Bay, Kent.
You put the water in

You take the oxygen out
In, out, in, out
You chemically react
Add the sun’s energy and chlorophyll
That’s what it’s all about
CHORUS
Oh, oh, photosynthesis!
That’s how a plant makes food, food food!
You put the carbon dioxide in

You take the food out
In, out, in, out
You chemically react
Add the sun’s energy and chlorophyll
That’s what it’s all about
CHORUS
TEACHING TIP
L Substitute the chemical formulae for water (H2O), oxygen (O2) and carbon
dioxide (CO2) for the words in the song. Show the children the formula for
food (C6H12O2).
S
INGING TO LEARN Science

Song Title: PLANT GROWTH

Tune: 1 2 3 4 5 Once I caught a Fish Alive
Key Stage One: 2B GROWING PLANTS
Written by: Donna Golubovas and Karen Young, Adisham Primary, Kent
Seed, shoot, root and stem

What will make it grow again?
Water, warmth and light,
This will help increase its height!
Song Title: PLANTS, ROOTS, SEEDS

Tune: O When the Saints Go Marching In
Key Stage Two: 4B Habitats
Plants need three things

To keep them healthy
The things are warmth, light and water
So take care and give these things
Roots keep plants up

When in the ground
They help to feed the plants
And keep them in the soil
Seeds blow away

Seeds blow away
Seeds blow away
They have parachutes
They stick to animal coats
Or are eaten or some explode! POP!
Song Title: POLES APART

Tune: London’s Burning.
Key Stage Two: Unit 3E MAGNETS AND SPRINGS
Written by Ethan, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
North and South

North and south
They attract
They attract
South, South
North, North
They repel
They repel
South and south

North and north
They repel
They repel
Turn one round
Turn one round
They attract
They attract
Song title: POP GOES THE LIGHT BULB!

Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel
Key Stage Two: 6G CHANGING CIRCUITS
Written by Alex and Alex, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Kent.
Take out the battery

Stops it from working
Put three cells into the circuit
Pop goes the light bulb! (Add actions)
Take out the batteries

Use a lower voltage
Put the buzzer in as well
Quietly goes the buzzer
Take out the buzzer

Replace it with a motor
Put another battery in
Brrrrr – spins the motor!
Take out the motor

Replace it with three light bulbs
Use a little battery
Dimly flash the light bulbs!
Song Title: PUSH AND PULL

Tune: Hickory Dickory Dock
Key Stage One : 1E PUSHES AND PULLS 2E FORCES & MOVEMENT
Written by: Sue Lilley, Hampton Primary School, Kent
You must apply a force

To make your car go along
You push and pull, push and pull
To make your car move along
To make your car go left

To make your car go right
To change the direction it goes
To make your car slow down

To make your car speed up
To change the speed of your car
TEACHING TIPS
pAdd actions to match the words
pSlow down and speed up the tempo as you sing verse 3
Sing new verses with actions, e.g. rowing a boat – pushing and pulling using two oars
Song Title: PUSH ME PULL ME

Tune: I Hear Thunder
Key Stage One: 1E PUSHES AND PULLS
Written By: Fi Gallimore, Briary School, Kent
Push the swing x2

I’ll go high x2
Push harder, I’ll go higher x2
Touch the sky x2
Pull my go-kart x2
I’ll go fast x2
Pull harder, I’ll go faster x2
Now you can rest x2
Song Title: RAISE, DROP

Written by: Class 6S Hampton Primary School, Kent
The water cycle is a never-ending process

Over a period of time the same amount of water
Will return to the earth’s surface
In the form of rain and snow
CHORUS
Raise, raise water to the air
Raise that water to the air
As the vapour in the atmosphere cools

It condenses into water droplets and forms clouds
When the droplets in the clouds become larger and heavier
They fall to the earth as rain
CHORUS
Drop, drop water on the earth
Drop that water on the earth
Song Title: RE-CYCLE AND RE-USE

Tune: I Hear Thunder (for verses only)
Key Stage One: 1C SORTING AND USING MATERIALS
2D CLASSIFYING MATERIALS
Written by: Zoe Anderson, Julia Castleton, Herne Bay Infant School, Kent
Chant CHORUS
Is it rubbish? Can we recycle it?
Re-cy-cle, re-cycle
Is it rubbish? Can we recycle it?
Re-cy-cle, recycle
Paper, cans, plastic bottles

We can re-use x2
Care for our world x2
Recycle and re-use x2
Chant CHORUS
Don’t waste paper x2

Earth needs trees x2
Care for our world x2
Recycle and re-use x2
Chant CHORUS
Make some compost

With fruit and veg
Care for our world
Recycle and re-use
Song Title: ROCKS AND SOIL

Tune: London Bridge is Falling down
Key Stage Two: 3D ROCKS AND SOILS
Written By: Denise Parrett, Chris Lilley, Briary Primary School, Kent
1. When the rocks are worn away

Worn away, worn away
When the rocks are worn away
They make soil
2. Clay is sticky when it’s wet

When it’s wet, when it’s wet
Clay is sticky when it’s wet
Roll it in a ball
3. Sand is gritty on your toes

On your toes, on your toes
Sand is gritty on your toes
Water drains so easily
4. Chalk, it comes from fossil shells

Fossil shells, fossil shells
Chalk, it comes from fossil shells
Years and years ago
5. Stones in soils make big air spaces

Big air spaces, big air spaces
Stones in soils make big air spaces
And improve the drainage
6. Let’s all name a rock or soil

Rock or soil, rock or soil
Let’s all name a rock or soil
Can you call out with me?
7. Slate and marble, granite and chalk

Granite and chalk, granite and chalk
Slate and marble, granite and chalk
There’s also sand and clay, HURRAY!
Song Title: ROUND AND ROUND THE CIRCUIT

Tune: The Wheels on the Bus
Key Stage One/Two: 2F USING ELECTRICITY
4F CIRCUITS AND CONDUCTORS/ 6G CHANGING CIRCUITS
Written by Joe and James,Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
Electricity in a circuit goes round and round

Round and round
Round and round
Electricity in a circuit goes round and round
That makes the bulb work
The bulbs in the circuit shine brighter and brighter

Brighter and brighter
Brighter and brighter
The bulbs in the circuit shine brighter and brighter
The more cells you use
The buzzer in the circuit goes buzz, buzz, buzz

Buzz, buzz, buzz
Buzz, buzz, buzz
The buzzer in the circuit goes buzz, buzz, buzz
It makes an alarming sound
If you take a battery out, the light will dim

The light will dim
The light will dim
If you take a battery out, the light will dim
As the voltage goes down.
Song Title: SAVING SEEDS

Tune: What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
What shall we do with the unplanted seeds?

Put them in some soil
With some warmth and light and water

These will help them germinate
The roots go down and the stems grow up

Now our plants are growing
If they don’t die we’ll have some flowers

In our little garden
Saving seeds to plant next Spring

Saving seeds to plant Spring
Saving seeds to plant Spring
So we can repeat it
TEACHING TIP
=Do an investigation to test the statements in verse two of the song.
=Do seeds need all three things to germinate? (Seeds will germinate in the dark).
=Do plants need all three to grow well? (Plants need light to grow well).
Song Title: SEA AND RAIN

Tune: The Wheels of the Bus go Round
Key Stage Two: 5C GASES AROUND US/ 6D REVERSIBLE AND
IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES
Written by Daryl and Angus, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Kent.
Vapour from the sea goes up in the air

Up in the air
Up in the air
Vapour from the sea goes up in the air - that’s evaporation!
The vapour in the sky gets much, much cooler

Much, much cooler
Much, much cooler
The vapour in the sky gets much, much cooler – that’s condensation!
The rain falls down and floods the town

Floods the town
Floods the town
The rain falls down and floods the town – that’s precipitation!
The water in the town goes up in the air

Up in the air
Up in the air
The water in the town goes up in the air – that’s evaporation!
Song Title: SENSES

Tune: Frere Jacques
Key Stage One: 1A Ourselves
Written by: Zoe Anderson, Julia Castleton, Herne Bay Infant School, Kent
Ears, eyes, nose x2

Tongue and skin x 2
Five great senses x 2
Let us begin x 2
Ears for hearing …

Catch the sound
Listen carefully
Sounds all around
Eyes for seeing

When it’s light
Looking carefully
Colours all around
Nose for smelling

Good or bad?
Smelling carefully
Scents all around
Tongue for tasting

Sweet or sour?
Tasting carefully
Flavours all around
Skin for feeling

Hot or cold?
Feeling carefully
Textures all around
Song Title: SHADOWS AND LIGHT

Tune: Skip to My Lou
Key Stage One: 1D LIGHT AND DARK / 3F LIGHT AND SHADOW
Written by: Christina Ingram, Michelle Hudnott, St Mary’s RC Primary, Patricia Bell,
Joy Lane Junior, Kent
The sun is a light source and it shines

Light only travels in straight lines
Bulbs and candles are sources, too
Shadows are made when light can’t get through
Chorus
Sha-dows, shadows and light
Sun sets and then it’s night
The sun is our closest sun and it shines

Light travels quickly into our eyes
The moon is not a light source, it doesn’t change shape
It reflects sunlight and appears to change
TEACHING TIP
¶Substitute the word ‘star’ for sun in the second verse.
Song Title: SINGING SCIENCE

Key Stage Two: ABOUT SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
Written by: Ben Cooper, Fi Gallimore, Chris Lilley, Briary Primary School, Kent
Chorus
Singing ‘Question, plan, predict and test
Then observe, record. Don’t leave the rest!
You should use interpretation
Do your evaluation
So then your experiment will be the best!’
1. First you get the question clearly in your mind

Then you plan out what it is you want to find
Next try to predict the outcome
Equipment, you will need some!
Then you do your test and see what you can find
Singing ‘Question, plan, predict and test

Then observe, record. Don’t leave the rest!
You should use interpretation
Do your evaluation
So then your experiment will be the best!’
2. We’re recording all our data on a chart

And we’re drawing our experiments in Art
We have made an observation
What’s our interpretation?
If it matches our prediction we are SMART!
TEACHING TIP
! Remind the children that it is ok not to match a prediction, too
as this will help our learning!
Song Title: STATES OF MATTER

Tune: The Wheels of the bus go round
Key Stage Two: 6D REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES
Written by Ethan,Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.

Into a solid

Into a liquid

Into the ocean
I’m evaporating, evaporating

Into a gas

Floating in the sky

Down as rain
Song Title: STATES OF WATER

Tune: Wind The Bobbin Up.
Key Stage Two: 5C GASES AROUND US
Hang the washing up

Hang the washing up
Drip, drip - water’s liquid state
Dry the water out
Dry the water out
With heat energy it will evaporate
Turns to water vapour in the air around

Then it condenses when the air cools down
If it keeps getting colder the washing will freeze
Blocks of ice waving in the breeze
Song Title: SUPER SCIENTISTS

Key Stage Two: ABOUT SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
Written by: The Singing to Learn Science Team
1. We are asking questions and must think

We are asking questions and must think
We are asking questions, asking questions
Asking questions and must think
CHORUS
Singing S-C-I-E-N-C-E
Singing S-C-I-E-N-C-E
Singing S-C-I- ence, S-C-I- ence
S-C-I-E-N-C-E
2. We predict what will happen in the end….
3. We should carry out the test and make it fair…
4. We must use our five sense to observe….
5. So how can we record what we’ve found out?
6. And what have we discovered from all this?
7. Now we are super scientists!

Now we are super scientists!
Now we are super, we are super
We are super scientists!
Song Title: THE CIRCUIT HOKEY COKEY

Tune: The Hokey Cokey
Written by Sam and Robin, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
You put the light bulb in

You take the buzzer out
In, out, in, out
You flick the switch about
You put the batteries in
Connect the wires to a cell
That’s how you make a circuit
CHORUS
Whoa, an electric circuit!
Whoa an electric circuit!
Don’t electrocute yourself making it!
You put the buzzer in

You take the light bulb out
In, out, in, out
Reverse the flow about
You put the batteries in
Connect the wires to a cell
That’s how you make a circuit
CHORUS
Don’t electrocute yourself making it!
Song Title: THE CIRCUIT SONG

Tune: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Key Stage Two: UNITS 4F AND 6G CHANGING CIRCUITS
Written by Angus, Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School,Whitstable, Kent.
Batteries, bulbs, wires and motors, wires and motors

A circuit needs most of these things
Batteries connected to the bulb, to the bulb

Makes the light bright and completes the circuit
Components in a circuit, in a circuit

Makes the resistance increase
The brightness of the bulb, of the bulb

Depends on the voltage of the battery
Song Title: THE FORCE OF A BULLY

Tune: Rhythmic chant
Key Stage One/Two: 2E FORCES & MOVEMENT/ 4E FRICTION
6E FORCES IN ACTION
Push into the line

Pulls your hair
Bends your ruler – it might break
They don’t care.
Squish your fruit

Squash your lunch
Squeeze and pinch and stretch you
They’re a horrible bunch
Twist your ears

Tear your shirt
Crush your confidence
Roll you in the dirt.
Swing you round

Bounce you about
Spin you in all directions
How do you get out?
Things will not change direction

Unless you apply a force
Speak out, speak up and tell someone
Let your resistance change their course.
Song Title: THE SYMBOL IS N.

Tune: Frere Jacques.
Air resistance, air resistance

Gravity, gravity
Pushes and pulls, pushes and pulls
These are forces, these are forces
Force meters, force meters

Measure force, measure force
The name is Newton, the name is Newton
The symbol’s N, the symbol’s N
Song Title: THE THREE STATES Of MATERIALS

Key Stage Two: 3C CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS
Written By: Ben Cooper, Briary Primary School, Kent
CHORUS
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Are the three states
Are the three states
Materials all fit into three groups
Of Solid, Liquid, Gas.
Solids keep their shape x2

Solids can be cut x2
Anything you can keep hold of is solid x3
The particles hardly move
CHORUS
Liquids are runny and flow

They take on their container’s shape
The surface stays level at all times
The particles move a little
CHORUS
Gases are all around us

Most gases are invisible
Particles in gas move all over the place
Like they are trying to escape
Song Title: THERMOMETERS

Thermometers
They can be used
To take the temperature of gases, liquids, solids
The liquid in the thermometer
Rises as it gets warmer
Some substances
Will not dissolve
Because they are in-sol-u-ble
Insoluble substances
Can be separated from liquids
Evaporation
Is the process
By which water changes state
From a liquid to a gas
And we call it water vapour
Song Title: TWENTIETH CENTURY INVENTORS
Tune: I am the Music Man
Key Stage Two: SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
Written by Maddie, Year 5, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
We are 20th Century Inventors
Oh, we come from the past
And we made, yes we made …
Communications
Tele – tele – telephone, radio, radio
Tele – tele – television, micro – microchip
My name is Alexander Graham Bell
Oh, we come from the past
And I made, yes I made …
I made the telephone
Tele – tele – telephone, telephone, telephone
Tele – tele – telephone, tele – telephone
My name is G. Marconi
Oh, I come from the past
I made the radio
Radi – radi – radio, radio, radio
Radi – radi – radi – radio
My name is John Logie Baird
Oh, I come from the past
I made the television
Tele – tele – television, tele – television
Tele – tele – television, tele – television
My name is Bob Noyce
Oh, I come from the past,
I made the microchip
Micro – micro – microchip, microchip, microchip
Micro – micro – microchip, micro – microchip
We are 20th Century Inventors
Oh, we come from in the past
And we made, yes we made …
Communications
Tele – tele – telephone, radio, radio
Tele – tele – television, micro microchip
Song Title: TWINKLE, TWINKLE

Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle
Key Stage One: 1D LIGHT AND DARK
Written by: Jennifer Lewis, Bridge and Patrixbourne CEP School, Singing Science Key
Stage One team, Kent
Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How do you shine from afar?
Do you make your own light
Shining bright, in the night?
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Shine your own light from afar
Twinkle, twinkle, little moon

Will I see you very soon?
Do you make your own light
Watching us through the night?
Twinkle, twinkle little moon
Reflecting light from the sun
Twinkle, twinkle, fiery sun

Could you be the brightest one?
High up in the daytime skies
Take care to protect your eyes
Twinkle, twinkle fiery sun
Shine on us till day is done
Twinkle, twinkle, dark, dark night

What has happened to your light?
With no sun or source of light
Nothing makes the moon shine bright
Twinkle, twinkle dark, dark night
I can’t see, without light
Song Title: VOLTAGE IS A PUSH

Tune: She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
Written by 4GS Literacy Group, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent.
The electricity it needs to push

The electricity it needs to push
Voltage with its numbers
Voltage with its numbers
Shows us just how big a push it gives
A positive and a negative terminal

A positive and a negative terminal
The push, it starts at one
The push, it starts at one
Goes all round and then it starts again
To check your circuit’s working you might need

To check your circuit’s working you might need
A light bulb to light up
A light bulb to light up
And then you know the push has gone all round
Batteries, they are also known as cells

Batteries, they are also known as cells
They contain the chemicals
They contain the chemicals
To make electricity for us to use
When the chemicals are all used there’s no more push

When the chemicals are all used there’s no more push
The battery has gone flat
The battery has gone flat
A new one is what you will need to get
Song Title: WATER

Key Stage One /Two : 2D GROUPING AND CLASSIFYING MATERIALS
5C GASES AROUND US
Written by: Mel Crosby, Sallie Smith & Natalie Lacey, Westmeads Primary School, Kent
1. Water’s running
Water’s running
Hear it splashing
Hear it splashing
Wet! Wet!
Wet! Wet!
It’s a liquid
It’s a liquid
2. Water’s freezing x2
Getting colder x2
Ice! Ice! x2
Now it’s solid x2
3. Ice is melting
Getting warmer
Drip! Drip!
Back to liquid
4. Water’s boiling
Getting hotter
Steam! Steam!
Turns to gas
5. Steam is cooling
See the drops
Drip! Drop!
Back to water
TEACHING TIPS
6 When the children know the whole song, start from any verse in the water cycle and
sing all the way through.
6 For older children substitute the words vapour (for steam), condensation and
evaporation in the verses 4 and 5.
6 Divide into groups to sing as a round
Song title: WATER CYCLE

Key Stage Two: 4D SOLIDS, LIQUIDS/ 6D REVERSIBLE CHANGES
Written by Charlie and Sally,Year 6, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
Water’s flowing, water’s flowing

Getting hotter, getting hotter
Turns to steam, turns to steam
It’s a gas, it’s a gas
Steam is rising, steam is rising*

Getting cooler, getting cooler
Back to water, back to water
Now a liquid, now a liquid
Water’s pouring, water’s pouring

Getting colder, getting colder
Now it’s ice, now it’s ice
That’s a solid, that’s a solid
Water cycle, water cycle

States of matter, states of matter
Solid, liquid, solid, liquid
Liquid, gas, liquid, gas
TEACHING TIP
• You may prefer to substitute the words ‘vapour’s rising’ in the first line of verse
two.
Song Title: WE’RE DOING SCIENCE

Tune: I Hear Thunder.
CHORUS
We’re doing science, we’re doing science
Pushes and pulls, pushes and pulls
All down to gravity, all down to gravity
Examples of forces, examples of forces
Push an object, push an object

By forces, by forces
Pull it back, pull it back
Watch it go, watch it go
CHORUS
Change the speed, change the speed

Change the shape, change the shape
Moving around, moving around
Change direction, change direction
CHORUS
The greater the mass, the greater the mass

The bigger the push, the bigger the push
Use a force meter, use a force meter
Measure in Newtons, use an ‘N’
Song Title: WEH HEY!

Some substances
Some substances
Some substances dissolve. Oh yes!
But some don’t! Oh no they don’t!
And they’re called insoluble
Wey, hey!
And this process

And this process
This process of condensation
Occurs when water in the air
Cools down and changes state
Wey, hey!
Song Title: WHAT COULD I BE?

Tune: Heads, shoulders, Knees and Toes
Key Stage One: 2C VARIATION
Written by: Julia Castleton, Zoe Anderson, Herne Bay Infant; Fiona Solly, Rosie `
Henderson, Herne Infant School, Kent
Furry, fluffy, stripes or spots, stripes or spots?

Furry, fluffy, stripes or spots, stripes or spots?
Whiskers, tail and paws and claws?
Furry, fluffy stripes or spots, stripes or spots?
Eggs, feathers, dull or bright, dull or bright? x2

Wing and beak and beady eyes
Eggs, feathers, dull or bright, dull or bright?
Head, thorax, fly or crawl, fly or crawl?

Wings, antennae and six legs
Head, thorax, fly or crawl, fly or crawl?
Fins, gills and scales and tails, scales and tails?

Some need salty, some need fresh
Fins, gills and scales and tails, scales and tails?
Roots, stem and leaf and bud, leaf and bud?

Sometimes flowers turn into fruit
Roots, stem and leaf and bud, leaf and bud?
TEACHING TIPS
VEncourage the children to use thinking skills to answer the questions posed in
each verse of the song. How many answers can the children find to match the
characteristics described in each verse? For example, answers for verse one
may include: leopard, tiger, domestic cat, rabbit.
Song Title: WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

Tune: What shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?
6G CHANGING CIRCUITS
Written by William, Year 4, Joy Lane Junior School, Whitstable, Kent
Half Term Science Challenge.
CHORUS
What do you think will hap-pen?
What do you think will hap-pen?
What do you think will hap-pen when these are connected?
Bulbs and batteries x3

Now you have a light
Add another battery x3

Now you’ve blown the bulb up
Take away the bulb x3

Add a little motor
CHORUS
Round and round the motor goes x3

Add another battery
Faster and faster the motor goes x3

Soon you’ll blow the motor
Take away the motor

Add a little buzzer
CHORUS
Buzz, buzz the buzzer goes

Soon you’ll need some ear-plugs!
Connect them all together

Buzz, flash, spin, buzz, flash!
Add another five batteries,

Now you’ve blown them all!
Song Title: WHERE DO PUDDLES GO?

Tune: Kookaburra
Key Stage Two: 3D ROCKS AND SOILS
Written by:Fi Gallimore, Chris Lilley, Briary Primary School, Kent
3. Where do puddles go when the rain comes down?

Puddles in the country or in the town
Some evaporate
At a rapid rate
But some will soak away
4. Clay is very fine, rain can’t drain away

Clay gets water-logged on a rainy day
When sun comes around
It dries out the ground
It’s much too hard to play!
5. Particles of sand have very big air spaces

Water flows away into other places
Puddles disappear
And the reason’s clear
It’s less compact in here!
6. Stones in the soil will improve the drainage

Make spaces bigger so then there’s no blockage
Filters straight through here
Puddles disappear
No puddles left today!
Song Title: WHO CARES?

Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
Key Stage 1: 1A OURSELVES
Written By: Fi Gallimore, Briary Primary School, Kent
Sniff, sniff, cough and sneeze

When we have a cold
We need to take our medicine
But only when we’re told
Who tells us what to take?

Who do we listen to?
The grown ups who look after us
‘Cause they know what to do
As we live and learn

When the years have flown
We’ll care for others in our life
And children of our own.
Song Title: YOUR BODY

Tune: John Brown’s Body
Key Stage One/Two: 2AHEALTH & GROWTH
4A MOVING AND GROWING /5A KEEPING HEALTHY
Written by: Denise Parrett, Briary Primary School, Kent
1. Your body is a special thing

You use it every day
You eat and drink for energy
To run or work or play
You will grow so big and strong
A balanced diet, we say
So go the healthy way (Wey hey!)
CHORUS
Keeping healthy is important
Exercising can be great fun
Eating sensibly is real cool
‘Cause then you’ll be fit and strong! (Like me!)
2nd chorus (Like you!)
3rd chorus ( Like us!)

It needs to sleep at night
Take a bath or have a shower
Or else you’ll look a sight!
Clean your teeth and wash your hands
The germs will have no fight
‘Cause the healthy way is right (Too right!)

So take good care of it!
Don’t take risks, just say no
Or else you’ll be a twit!
Smoking, drinking alcohol or
Sniffing things, please quit!
Our healthy way’s a hit! (Big hit!)

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SINGING TO LEARN SCIENCE: Planning: Key Stage One Songs

1C Sorting & Using Materials 2C Variation

QCA Unit of Work

Song Title: A FLOWER’S LIFE CYCLE

1. Oh when the seed lands on the ground

2. Oh, then the plant begins to grow

3. Oh, then the bee pollinates the flower

4. Oh then the seeds will be dispersed

5. Oh when the seed lands on the ground

Song Title: A FORCEFUL TALE

Push and pull

North and South x2

When two objects

Forces are vectors

Song Title: A TOOTHY TUNE.

4 incisors, 2 canines keep eating, x3

4 premolars, 6 molars keep chewing x3

Our incisors are sharp for biting x3

Canines are for holding and tearing x3

Our molars are flat for grinding x3

Your teeth are designed for a lifetime x3

Song Title: ADVICE TO JACK FOR CHANGING MATERIALS

1. To turn a solid into a liquid, you must melt

2. To turn a liquid into a gas, evaporate

Song Title: ALL ABOUT US

When we exercise we transfer en-er-gy

Our bodies contain lots of bones, lots of bones

Joints enable us to move, us to move

Muscles contract and relax, and relax

Song Title: BACTERIA BOOGIE

Bacteria can grow

Some bacteria are good

If the temperature is high

Take these simple tips

Song title: BLOW, SHAKE, TAP

Loud, quiet, silent

Blow, shake, tap

Song Title: CELLAR, KITCHEN

Down in the cellar where nobody goes

Down in the kitchen where nobody goes

Song Title: CHANGE THAT SHAPE

1. Squash and squeeze

2. Rip and tear

Song Title: CHANGING SOUNDS

An object can vibrate, rate, rate

When vibrations are slow, slow, slow

When vibrations are small, small, small

Song Title: CHANGING WATER

I am freezing, freezing, freezing

I am melting, melting, melting

I am running, running, running

I have turned into a cloud

I am falling, falling, falling

Song title: COMPOST HEAP

Nice cut grass

Song Title: CONNECT THE WIRES

Connect the wires to the battery

Electrons flow around the circuit

Now it’s time to add a buzzer

Let’s add another battery

The circuit, now, is working fine

Song title: DIFFERENT TEETH

Carnivores eating lots of meat

Herbivores eating only plants