Physical Sciences Teaching Resources for Year 2
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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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Echolocation Activity Sheets
Explore the benefits of sound on animal survival with a set of printable Echolocation Activity Sheets.
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Seeking Sound Waves Experiment
Immerse your students in the study of sound and how it travels with our Seeking Sound Waves Experiment.
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Exploring Sound Energy PowerPoint - Year 2
Explore sound energy, how it is produced, and more with our Year 2 Exploring Sound Energy PowerPoint teaching presentation.
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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 Game
Enable your students to practise identifying and describing sound energy sources with this fast-paced board game!
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Sound Energy Digital Learning Activity
Enhance students' ability to identify and describe sound energy concepts in a hands-on and immersive manner with this Sound Energy Digital Learning Activity
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Fast Finisher Science Task Cards
Excite your students about science concepts with a set of 48 fast-finisher task cards featuring a variety of concepts.
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Elastic Band Guitar Experiment
Use this sound energy experiment to help your students create elastic band instruments and visualise sound using everyday items.
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Echoes and Echolocation PowerPoint
Explore sound energy and how it is used with an engaging interactive Echoes and Echolocation PowerPoint Presentation.
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Energy Experiments for Kids
Investigate mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy with this set of energy experiments for kids.
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Sound Energy (First Nations Instruments Worksheets)
Use these First Nations Instruments Worksheets to help your students record their learnings about First Nations traditional instruments and how they produce sound.
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Sound Energy PowerPoint (First Nations Musical Instruments)
Help your students discover how traditional musical instruments used by First Nations Australians produce their characteristic sounds with this Sound Energy PowerPoint.
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Animals Surviving With Sound Research Project
Assign an Animal Sound Research Project to encourage your students to explore how animals use sound to survive in the wild.
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Stopping Sound! Insulator Experiment
Explore and test materials to determine their effectiveness with an engaging Sound Insulator Experiment.
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How Sound Is Made - Sorting Activity
Sort instruments that need to be plucked, blown, struck, or shaken to produce sound with our printable ‘How Sound Is Made’ Sorting Activity.
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How Instruments Make Sound Worksheet Pack
Explore how musical instruments produce sound with this engaging cut-and-sort How Instruments Make Sound Worksheet Pack
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Make It Move! Slope Investigation Activity
Explore movement and make science predictions with our Make It Move! Slope Investigation Slideshow and recording sheet.
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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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Sound Energy Booklet
Teach your students all about sound energy sources using this 12-page Sound energy booklet
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Push and Pull Venn Diagram
Use this push and pull Venn diagram to help your students answer the question: Push, pull or both?
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Light Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive set of posters, activities and worksheets related to the concept of light.
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Sounds of Change
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if the pitch and volume of sounds can be changed.
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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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Seeking Sound Investigation
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how sound travels.
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Make a Sound
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if similar sounds can be made in different ways.
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Feel the Noise
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sound and how it is made.
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Observing Shadows Investigation
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how shadow length changes over time while predicting, measuring, and identifying patterns in nature.
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When Shadows Form
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sources of light and recognise that when the sun’s light is blocked, a shadow is formed
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Sensational Senses
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the five senses and the information they provide.
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Light and Sound Unit Plan (Year 2 NSW)
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concepts of light and sound and how they are sensed.