Science
Teaching EAL Learners in Science – general information from the Bell Foundation website which is an excellent source of subject-related EAL resources.
Developing EAL in science – information and resources from NALDIC
Bristol Secondary Schools EAL Induction Pack – an excellent pack including an EAL curriculum pack containing some Science resources
EAL Science pack – shared resource from TES – you need to register with TES Connect to be able to login and access this.
Resources from EAL NEXUS
- Science Investigations This is a pack of materials to support EAL learners at a range of stages of English language acquisition with writing up science investigations.
- Heat loss experiment
- The boiling point of wat
- Which food gives the most energy?
- Testing acids and alkalis
- Which type of sugar dissolves most quickly?
- Does sugar dissolve faster in hot or cold water?
- Friction Game
- Reactants and products
- States of Matter
- Electrical safety
- Adaptation to different habitats
- Physical and chemical changes (by studying a car)
- Magnetism Investigation
- Learning about magnetism
- Plants and animal cells
- Electrical Circuits
- Construction Materials
- Finding the pH of household products
- A Balanced Diet
- Organs and Systems
- Cells
- Specialised Cells
- Life Processes
Translated resources
BECTA Science resources – Apparatus, Hazard Symbols and Safety Rules in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Punjabi, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu
Science Key words in Polish (422 downloads)
Science Wordlist-Eng-Arabic.pdf (506 downloads) (from Bury Metro Curriculum and Language Access Service)
Science apparatus English – Bengali
Hazard Symbols English – Bengali
Science word list English – Farsi (from Bury Metro Curriculum and Language Access Service)
English – Polish resources (compiled by Moray EAL Service)
- Scientific vocabulary Year 6 English-Polish
- Science Reproduction Year 7 English-Polish
- Science Vocabulary for Year 7- English Polish
- Science Word List Year 8 English Polish
- Science S1 Properties – uses of substances Polish word bank
- Science S1 Heat Conduction Polish wordbank
- Science S1 Uses of Substances 2 Polish wordbank
- Science S1 Convection Currents – Polish wordbank
- Science S1 Optics and Acoustics Eng-Polish wordbank
- Science S1 Microbes English-Polish
- Science S1 Acoustics -Sound wordbank Eng-Polish
- Science S1 Light wordbank Eng-Polish
- Science S1 Matter wordbank Eng-Polish
- Science S1 Optics wordbank Eng-PolishScience
- Science S1 Reproduction wordbank Eng-Polish
- Science S1 Respiration wordbank Eng-Polish
- Science S2 Heat wordbank Eng-Polish
- Science Safety Code-Polish
- Science SATs Vocabulary List English-Polish
- Science Sound (the ear) English-Polish
- Science Dictionary Eng-Polish
- Science Food and Digestion English-Polish
- Science Magnets and Electromagnets English Polish
- Science Rock cycle English Polish
- Science Wordl list Eng-Polish
- Science Y7- English Polish
- Science Word List Year 8 English Polish
- Science Sound English Polish
- Science Microbes 1 English Polish
- Science Microbes 2 English Polish
- Science Wordl list Eng-Polish
Polish Resources from Wokingham Borough Council
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Science Chemical reactions (48KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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SCIENCE Core Biology B1 – 1 (15KB) | 05/05/2015 | Download |
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Science Diseases (227KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Elements (162KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Endocrine system (61KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science English Polish Glossary (135KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Food and Digestion (51KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Forces in Action (28KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Habitat (64KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Human body and skeleton (118KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Inheritance (87KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Laboratory Equipment Picture Dictionary (842KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science Renewable Energy Sources (722KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science The Water Cycle (37KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
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Science vocabulary YR 5 English Polish (32KB) | 24/02/2014 | Download |
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Science Weathering and Erosion (39KB) | 26/02/2013 | Download |
Hungarian Science Dictionary from Gloucestershire County Council
Hungarian-English word list for Secondary Science from Highland EAL Service
Arabic Resources from Wokingham Borough Council
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Science Key Words – Arabic (92KB) | 07/08/2013 | Download |
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Science-Hazard symbols (126KB) | 17/12/2013 | Download |
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Sciences Genetics (in Arabic) – weblink (87KB) | 22/02/2013 | Download |
Science key words – resources from www.babcock-education.co.uk
Arabic and English
Polish and English
Portuguese and English key words and pictures
KS3 Lithuanian and English
KS4 Dari and English
KS4 Farsi and English
KS4 Lithuanian and English
KS4 Polish and English
KS4 Portuguese and English
KS4 Tagalog and English
Lab safety rules English
Lab safety rules Polish
Cambridgeshire Education Portal:
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https://www.learntogether.org.uk/Topics/Curriculum/Pages/Science.aspx has resources for various Science topics translated into Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian and Tagalog.
Trinity Immigration Initiative –
Science Resources on a variety of topics. The topics and levels are designed for use in the Irish Education System, but many may well be of use elsewhere.
“Though primarily designed for newcomer learners of English, the Language Support Activity Units and other activities on this site are equally suited to the needs of all students as they encourage both subject and language learning. All resources and classroom activities may be downloaded and printed. Activities are suitable for classroom use, homework and self-study.”
The Language of Exams – resources produced by the Trinity Immigration Initiative to help prepare EAL pupils for exams in a variety of subjects.