Australian Curriculum Categories
Science Understanding
Based on the Australian Curriculum, Science Understanding in Science Year 1 includes:
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Four Seasons Tree Activity
Use this template with your students to create a visual display of the different seasons.
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5 Fascinating Facts About Sound – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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Amazing Ants! – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about ants from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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5 Fun Facts About Ants - Read and Respond Worksheet
A '5 fun facts ...' information sheet and worksheet.
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The Changing Seasons – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about different seasons from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Chemical Sciences: Clever Changes – Teaching Presentation
A 56-slide teaching presentation introducing facts about different chemical changes to different materials.
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Thermochromic Slime – Hands-On Materials
Hands-on materials designed to help students make and experiment with thermochromic slime.
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Assessment: Chemical Science Clever Changes – Worksheet
A worksheet designed to assess Year 1 students about Chemical Science.
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Chemical Sciences: Clever Changes – Word Wall
Seventy-eight content-specific vocabulary cards for a word wall based on Chemical Sciences.
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Physical Change Cards – Game
A sorting card game to help students consolidate their knowledge of physical changes in Chemical Science.
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Things That Stretch, Bend and Twist – Hands On Materials
A hands on sorting activity for materials that stretch, bend and twist.
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What's Bending – Worksheet
A worksheet designed for students to use their knowledge and understanding of objects and if they bend.
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Spot the Stretchy Difference – Worksheet
A spot the difference worksheet designed to help students recognise materials that have been stretched.
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Spinifex Glue – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to order the sequence of turning spinifex grass into resin glue.
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The Science Behind Shaping Pretzels – Worksheet
A worksheet to order an illustrated procedure about how to make a pretzel using scientific actions.
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The Science Behind Shaping Pretzels – Poster
An illustrated procedure about how to make a pretzel using scientific actions.
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Plant and Animal Sort – Task Cards
A set of task cards and picture cards for sorting plants and animals into groups.
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Science Pattern Match Cards
A set of 89 task cards to help students learn about patterns in nature.
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Animal Body Coverings Sort
A worksheet for students to sort animals based on their body covering.
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Natural or Constructed? - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to distinguish between natural and man-made resources.
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Fascinating Facts About Animals Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about animals.
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Species Snapshot Worksheet - Honey Bees
A comprehension worksheet for a species snapshot magazine article about honey bees.
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Natural, Managed, and Constructed Environments PowerPoint
A 17-slide teaching presentation to use when exploring some of the features of environments.
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Inherited versus Learned Behaviours Poster
A poster explaining the difference between inherited and learned behaviours.
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The Seasons - Posters
A set of beautifully illustrated posters that depict the seasons and the differences between them.
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Natural, Managed, and Constructed Features Posters
A set of three posters describing some of the features of environments.
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Changes I Can See - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores changes to observable features of the environment.
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Weather versus Climate Poster
A poster explaining the difference between weather and climate.
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Seasonal Changes - Worksheet
A worksheet the explores the observable features of the seasons.
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Science Experiment - Will It Change?
A science investigation in which the students observe changes that occur to various objects over time.
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How About This Weather? - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores different types of weather and subsequent observable changes.
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The Nighttime Sky - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores features of the nighttime sky.