Science
Science provides an empirical way of answering interesting and important questions about the biological, physical and technological world. The knowledge it produces has proved to be a reliable basis for action in our personal, social and economic lives. Science is a dynamic, collaborative and creative human endeavour arising from our desire to make sense of our world through exploring the unknown, investigating universal mysteries, making predictions and solving problems. Science aims to understand a large number of observations in terms of a much smaller number of broad principles. Science knowledge is contestable and is revised, refined and extended as new evidence arises.
The Australian Curriculum: Science provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of important science concepts and processes, the practices used to develop scientific knowledge, of science’s contribution to our culture and society, and its applications in our lives. The curriculum supports students to develop the scientific knowledge, understandings and skills to make informed decisions about local, national and global issues and to participate, if they so wish, in science-related careers.
In addition to its practical applications, learning science is a valuable pursuit in its own right. Students can experience the joy of scientific discovery and nurture their natural curiosity about the world around them. In doing this, they develop critical and creative thinking skills and challenge themselves to identify questions and draw evidence-based conclusions using scientific methods. The wider benefits of this ‘scientific literacy’ are well established, including giving students the capability to investigate the natural world and changes made to it through human activity.
The ability to think and act in scientific ways helps build the broader suite of capabilities in students as confident, self-motivated and active members of our society.
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Groups Organiser Chart - BW
Use this groups organiser to split up your class into groups for rotational activities.
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Groups Organiser Chart - Watercolour
Use this groups organiser to split up your class into groups for rotational activities.
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Groups Organiser Chart - Orange Starburst
Use this groups organiser to split up your class into groups for rotational activities.
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Minibeasts Weekly Lesson Pack
This extensive minibeast weekly lesson pack includes educational posters, classroom decorations, word wall templates, page templates and worksheets for you to mix and match with your class.
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Electricity Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of electricity posters, worksheets and activities.
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Science Equipment Poster Bundle for the Classroom
A poster resource pack containing a diagrams with labels showing the key parts of various pieces of scientific apparatus.
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Heat Energy Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive set of posters, activities and worksheets related to the concept of heat energy.
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Water is Life Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of Water is Life teaching resources including posters, worksheets and activities for teaching about how we use water and where it comes from.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations Teaching Resource Pack
A teaching resource pack of posters, worksheets and activities for teaching animal and plant adaptation and evolution.
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Sun, Earth and Moon Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of teaching resources including posters, worksheets and experiments to use when teaching your class about the interplay of the sun, Earth and moon.
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What Works Best?
A 60 minute lesson in which students develop an understanding of the suitability of certain materials for different purposes.
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Living Things Are All Around Us
A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about living and non-living things.
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Natural Disaster Effects and Management
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the effects of natural disasters and explore how these may be managed.
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Asking Questions About Living Things
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that small animals have different external features.
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Natural Disasters Safety Poster Task
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify appropriate safety procedures for natural disaster events.
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Mothers, Fathers and Babies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare observable features of adults and offspring and identify the proper names of adults and their offspring.
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Amazing Tunnellers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the external features of an earthworm.
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Let's Sort!
A 60 minute lesson in which students identify the material objects are made of and sort them in various ways.
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Diving Into Description
A 60 minute lesson in which students explore the properties of materials and develop vocabulary to describe them.
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The Solar System Begins
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The Three States of Matter
A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
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Choice Cooling
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials change when they are cooled.
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This is Your Life
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the stages of the human life cycle.
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Going Through Stages
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of simple life cycles.
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Let's Think Like a Scientist
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of the procedures scientists use and design one segment of an experiment.
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How Do Living Things Change?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about how living things change as they grow.
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What Did We Find On Our Playground Safari?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways.
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We're Going On a Playground Safari
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the external features of small animals.
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Design a Musical Instrument
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of sound.
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Keep Me Dry
A 60 minute lesson in which students investigate materials to determine how water resistant they are.
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Changing States – Assessment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how adding and removing heat can cause solids and liquids to change states.
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Recycling Case Study – Soft Plastics
A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore how changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid can help in the process of recycling plastic.