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The study of water provides a wealth of opportunities for valuable work in various important areas of the Key Stage 2 curriculum, developing pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills linked to water-related topics and to broader issues such as sustainability and citizenship.

The following Units from the QCA documents are particularly relevant:

Science

Unit 4D - solids, liquids and how they can be separated (dissolving, sieving and filtering)

Unit 5C - gases around us
(uses and properties of gases)

Unit 5D - changing states (Water cycle, condensation, evaporation)

Unit 6B - microorganisms (useful and harmful microbes)

Unit 6C - more about dissolving (solutions, mixtures, purity)

Geography

Unit 6 - investigating our local area

Unit 8 - improving the environment

Unit 11 - water

Unit 14 - investigating rivers