Turn wet weather into valuable learning time with this outdoor science resource for KS1, designed to be used in real rain, real puddles, and everyday school environments.
Instead of moving learning indoors, this resource encourages children to become rain investigators, using hands-on experiments to explore how rain behaves and how it affects the world around them. Activities are practical, engaging, and perfectly matched to KS1 expectations, with a strong focus on predicting, testing, observing, and explaining.
What’s included:
A set of KS1-appropriate outdoor rain experiments
Clear step-by-step guidance for adults
Simple, repeatable investigations using minimal equipment
Key questions to support scientific thinking and discussion
Opportunities for drawing, tallying, and simple data recording
Children will investigate:
Which materials stay dry in the rain
What floats and sinks in puddles
How deep puddles are and how they change over time
How rain moves across playground surfaces
How rainfall affects different outdoor areas
Curriculum links (KS1 Science):
Everyday materials and their properties
Working scientifically: asking questions, making predictions, observing closely
Using simple measurements and comparisons
This resource supports active outdoor learning, builds confidence in using scientific language, and helps children make meaningful links between classroom science and the real world.
Perfect for:
KS1 classrooms and outdoor provision
Rainy-day planning that still meets curriculum objectives
Schools promoting outdoor learning and active science
Teachers looking for low-prep, high-engagement investigations
No worksheets. No simulations. Just real science in real rain.
Winter Outdoor Continuous Provision Pack (Early Years Outdoors)
