The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding strand for the relevant year level to ensure that these two strands are addressed over the two-year period. The three strands of the curriculum are interrelated and their content is taught in an integrated way. The order and detail in which the content descriptions are organised into teaching and learning programs are decisions to be made by the teacher. Incorporating the key ideas of science From Foundation to Year 2, students learn that observations can be organised to reveal patterns, and that these patterns can be used to make predictions about phenomena. In Year 2, students describe the components of simple systems, such as stationary objects subjected to pushes or pulls, or combinations of materials, and show how objects and materials interact through direct manipulation. They observe patterns of growth and change in living things, and describe patterns and make predictions. They explore the use of resources from Earth and are introduced to the idea of the flow of matter when considering how water is used. They use counting and informal measurements to make and compare observations and begin to recognise that organising these observations in tables makes it easier to show patterns. (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au) By the end of Year 2, students describe changes to objects, materials and living things. They identify that certain materials and resources have different uses and describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives. Students pose and respond to questions about their experiences and predict outcomes of investigations. They use informal measurements to make and compare observations. They record and represent observations and communicate ideas in a variety of ways. (source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)Achievement Standard
Practise identifying different types of soil with this 18-slide teaching presentation.
30 plant lifecycle related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
Help your students cement their understanding of the plant life cycle with this interactive game.
A sorting activity to help students identify actions that use push and pull.
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
A fun sorting activity to help students become familiar with vocabulary related to seedlings.
A set of dominoes to use in the classroom when investigating animals which lay eggs.
A poster to display when learning about the life cycle of a chicken.
A Jack and the Beanstalk themed Science activity.
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
A set of 89 task cards to help students learn about patterns in nature.
The life cycle of a butterfly student booklet.
A cute activity where students re-create the life cycle of a butterfly.
A poster explaining the difference between inherited and learned behaviours.
A teaching presentation introducing the students to push and pull forces.
A worksheet used to check the students’ knowledge of forces.
This teaching presentation introduces the force of gravity and using air resistance to counteract this force.
A teaching presentation comparing different forces involved in buoyancy.
A science experiment which investigates the buoyancy of different objects when placed in water.
A teaching presentation investigating the force of friction.
A teaching presentation comparing different forces involved in play.
A science experiment which investigates the relationship between friction and the properties of various materials.
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day.
A teaching presentation discussing the development of a scientific hypothesis.
An educational teaching presentation introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
An educational fact sheet introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
An educational poster introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
An open-ended task for students to demonstrate their understanding of how animals grow and change.
A teaching presentation discussing the development of scientific lines of questioning.