Physical Sciences Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Push and Pull Forces Teaching Slides
Teach your students about push and pull forces with this comprehensive and age-appropriate teaching presentation for primary school science lessons.
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Forces on the Playground Worksheet
Download this forces in the playground worksheet to help your students explore the pushes and pulls that make playground equipment fun!
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First Nations Instruments Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Use First Nations Instruments Reading Comprehension Worksheets to help your Year Two students learn about some traditional First Nations Australians musical instruments and their characteristic sounds.
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Cup and String Phone - Science Sound Investigation
Build and test a cup and string phone to investigate the transmission of sound waves through different media.
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Types of Physical Change - Science Sort
Sort examples of physical changes with a printable Types of Physical Change Science Sort.
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Things That Stretch, Bend and Twist – Sorting Activity
Introduce your students to physical changes in materials with a stretch, bend and twist material sorting activity.
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Exploring Sound Energy Worksheet Pack
Enhance your students' comprehension of sound energy concepts, whilst catering to a range of learning needs, with this set of 11 worksheets.
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Push or Pull? Colouring Worksheet
Use this push and pull colour-coding worksheet when exploring forces and motion with your early years students.
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Direction of Force Worksheets
Teach students about the direction of forces applied to common objects with this two-page worksheet for lower primary students.
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How Things Move Worksheet Pack
Download our ‘How Things Move’ Worksheet Pack to boost science inquiry skills and encourage your students to explore force and motion.
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Sound Energy Interactive Activity
Reinforce your students' understanding of sound energy concepts with this set of 10 Sound Energy interactive activities.
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Push and Pull Examples – Matching Game
Have students explore examples of push and pull forces with this matching game to use during your forces and motion science unit.
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Roll, Slide or Bounce? Toy Sorting Activity
Explore movement, sorting, and classification with a printable ‘How It Moves’ Toy Sorting Activity.
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‘How Toys Move’ Worksheet Pack
Download our ‘How Toys Move’ Worksheet Pack to boost science inquiry skills and encourage your students to explore motion.
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Do I Have a Shadow? Activity (F-1)
Explore light and shadow while practising science inquiry skills with an engaging Predict and Observe Shadow Experiment for early learners.
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Moving Materials Science Experiment Pack
Explore materials and how they behave with an engaging Moving Materials Science experiment pack.
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Push and Pull Sorting Activity
Use these push and pull sorting cards as a hands-on activity during your science lessons on forces.
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Science Experiment - Line Up the Light!
A science experiment which explores how light travels.
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Spin or Slide Sort - Science of Movement Activity
Group objects based on how they move with an engaging Spin or Slide? Science of Movement Activity.
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Describing Matter – Word Wall
Help your students learn to describe matter using physical properties with an illustrated matter word wall.
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Sound Energy Didjeridu Reading Passage
Delve into learning about the didjeridu, its characteristic sounds, and its significance in First Nations Culture with this Sound Energy Didgeridu Reading Passage.
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Sound Energy Project (Rubber Band Musical Instruments)
Use this sound energy experiment to help your students visualise sound using everyday items.
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Sound Experiment for Kids
Immerse your students in an auditory adventure, exploring sound energy with this engaging experiment.
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Forces and Motion Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Use these forces and motion scavenger hunt worksheets when exploring push and pull forces in your early years science lessons.
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Push or Pull? Interactive Sorting Activity
Explore push and pull forces with your students by playing this interactive sorting game for lower primary students.
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Push and Pull Sorting Worksheet
Use this push and pull sorting worksheet when exploring forces and motion with your early years students.
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Science Sparks - Year 1 Science Activities for Fast Finishers
Grow your students’ scientific understanding during classroom downtime with Science Sparks, a collection of Year 1 science activities for fast finishers.
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Push or Pull? Interactive Activity
Get students to determine whether a force is a push or a pull with this engaging digital game for early years science lessons.
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Sound Energy Sources Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Teach your students all about sound energy sources using this cut-and-paste Sound Energy Sources worksheet.
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Sound Energy Task Cards
Reinforce student understanding of sound energy facts and vocabulary with this set of 24 task cards.
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Sound Energy Posters
Display this set of 5 sound energy posters in your classroom to help students remember key information about this form of energy.
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Sound Energy Project (Buzzing Balloons)
Engage your class with this sound energy exploration! This simple experiment will show students how sound is produced by a source and can be sensed.