Hands-on science for UK primary and prep schools.
Printable lessons in English, built from everyday materials. Each unit names the outcomes it teaches in your curriculum. No apps, no pupil accounts, nothing to install.
Why UK schools use Fieldbook
Your curriculum, named
Units are matched to the curriculum in each nation of the UK. Pick yours below.
Practical lessons
Every lesson starts with a real question pupils can see and test, using materials you already have. Short sentences and a word wall for every unit help pupils who are learning English.
Easy to approve
Printable PDFs only: no pupil data, no apps, no plug-ins. Our data protection terms include the UK International Data Transfer Addendum on request.
Your curriculum
- England: National curriculum in England: science
- Wales: Curriculum for Wales: Science and Technology
- Scotland: Curriculum for Excellence: Sciences experiences and outcomes
- Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Curriculum: The World Around Us (primary) and Science and Technology (Key Stage 3)
- British international schools
Working towards a Green Flag? See lessons for the Eco-Schools topics, from waste and water to school grounds, by Year.
Find your year group
Our units are labelled by US grade. Year N uses our Grade N−1 units. Use the age column if your school numbers its years differently.
| Age | Year (England) | Our unit label |
|---|---|---|
| 5–6 | Year 1 | Kindergarten |
| 6–7 | Year 2 | Grade 1 |
| 7–8 | Year 3 | Grade 2 |
| 8–9 | Year 4 | Grade 3 |
| 9–10 | Year 5 | Grade 4 |
| 10–11 | Year 6 | Grade 5 |
| 11–12 | Year 7 | Grade 6 |
| 12–13 | Year 8 | Grade 7 |
| 13–14 | Year 9 | Grade 8 |
So a Year 5 class uses our Grade 4 units. See every unit on one grid by strand and grade.
Licences for UK schools
School licence: US$899 per school, per year. Every lesson and every unit workbook for up to 40 named teachers, including new units released during the year.
Small team: US$329 per year for up to 5 teachers, for a year group or a science department.
Prices are in US dollars. Pay by card, at checkout or from an invoice we email you. Ask for a pro-forma invoice if your school needs one first. We accept purchase orders. We can't take bank transfers from outside Canada yet.
Our supplier sheet, licence agreement, data protection terms and safeguarding statement are on purchasing and compliance.
Try it first: read a complete sample lesson with no sign-in.
Ask for a quote or pro-forma invoice
Questions from schools
Do you sell to schools outside North America?
Yes. The lessons are PDFs, so there is nothing to ship. Pay by card in US dollars, at checkout or from an invoice we email you (ask for a pro-forma invoice if your school needs one first). We can't take bank transfers from outside Canada yet. Invoices come from ZalaStack Inc., a Canadian company, and we accept purchase orders.
Is any tax added to the invoice?
No Canadian tax is added for schools outside Canada. If your country taxes imported services, for example VAT by reverse charge or a withholding tax, your finance office handles it the usual way.
We teach the British or Cambridge curriculum. Which units fit our Year 5?
Year 5 and Cambridge Primary Stage 5 are the same age as US Grade 4 (ages 9 to 10), so start with our Grade 4 units. The table on the International schools page lists every year group, and we map units to Cambridge stage objectives on request.
Does Fieldbook work in an IB PYP school?
Yes, as the science inside a unit of inquiry. Every unit starts from a real question students can test, and the International schools page shows which transdisciplinary theme each unit usually fits.
Our school is in a hot country. Do the lessons still work?
Almost all of them. Materials are everyday items, measured in metric. The two winter units need snow or a freezer, and a few lessons open with a Canadian example such as winter weather; teachers swap in a local example or skip those.