--- title: "Practical Science in Year 5!" url: "https://yarmprimaryschool.net/blog/2019-10-08-15-28-35-practical-science-in-year-5" school: "Yarm Primary Academy" --- # Practical Science in Year 5! ![Image of Practical Science in Year 5!](https://files.schudio.com/yarm-primary-school-2/images/blog/IMG_0471(2).JPG) 8 October 2019 [Mr Jefferies](https://yarmprimaryschool.net/blog/author/PeterJ) [Year 5](https://yarmprimaryschool.net/blog/category/year-5) Year 5 have been enjoying testing out their Science skills in their first Science topic of the year, 'Properties and Changes of Materials'. To investigate which materials would be the best insulators and keep food fresh in a packed lunch box, children wrapped different materials such as fabric around containers and then placed ice cubes in them. Over a 20 minute period, children then took the temperature inside the containers. This was also a great first opportunity for children to find out about independent, dependent and controlled variables. We can already see that we have many budding scientists of the future in Year 5! [ Y4 Young Scientists of the Future](https://yarmprimaryschool.net/blog/2019-10-07-21-19-48-y4-young-scientists-of-the-future) [Y5 went to real ancient fort! ](https://yarmprimaryschool.net/blog/2019-10-09-13-32-31-y5-went-to-real-ancient-fort) ### Comments ### Leave a Comment ![Yarm Primary Academy](https://files.schudio.com/yarm-primary-school-2/images/logo/Yarm-Logo(1).png) ### Yarm Primary Academy Spitalfields Yarm STOCKTON-ON-TEES TS15 9HF 01642 782731 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/yarmprimaryschool/) © Copyright 2026 Yarm Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://yarmprimaryschool.net/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)