Science Teaching Resources for Foundation Year
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Choose Your Senses Game - Interactive
Teach your students about the five senses and how they can be used to observe the world around them with an interactive 5 Senses Game.
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Observing Photosynthesis Experiment (F-2)
Investigate how oxygen is made with a hands on photosynthesis experiment.
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Properties of Materials Word Wall Vocabulary
Forty-eight 'properties of materials' vocabulary cards.
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Printable Windsock Craft Template - Stars
Make a fun Windsock Craft to observe wind movement inside and outside the classroom.
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Identifying Invertebrates Poster
Help your students differentiate between insects, arachnids and other invertebrates, with a printable Invertebrate Identification chart.
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Making Scientific Observations Worksheets
Use this set of two worksheets to help your students record their own scientific observations during science experiments and projects.
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Sorting Rocks By Properties - Science Sorting Mats
Make sorting rocks by properties hands-on and engaging with our Printable Rock Properties Sorting Mats for Kindergarten through Year 3.
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Foundation Year Science Worksheets - Observing Rocks and Soils
Use our printable science activities for Kindergarten / Foundation Year to help your students observe and categorise rocks and soils.
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Describing Rocks and Soils Vocabulary Cards
Introduce your little learners to the academic vocabulary they need to describe rocks and minerals with a printable rocks vocabulary word wall.
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Describing Matter - Scavenger Hunt Activities
Host an engaging science scavenger hunt to introduce your early years students to the observable properties of matter.
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We Grow and Change Mini Book
Teach your students about how we grow and change during childhood with a fun-sized mini book perfect for the early years.
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Five Senses Sorting Activity
Explore the five senses with your little learners using a printable 5 Senses Science Sorting Activity.
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Label the Parts of an Animal - Digital Activity
Identify and label the features of animals with an interactive labelling activity .
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Features of Animals Write the Room Activity Pack (F-1)
Help your young students read and write about features of animals with a printable Animals and Characteristics Write the Room activity.
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Animal Families Worksheet
Identify the names of female animals, male animals and their babies with an Animal Family Worksheet.
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Printable Early Reader Books - Ocean Animals
Learn about sea life with a printable ocean book for year 1 students.
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Arctic Animals Colouring Page Booklet
Engage your little learners and build vocabulary skills with a printable winter animals colouring book.
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Classroom Weather Chart for Identifying Environmental Conditions
Use this fun classroom weather chart in your morning meetings to help students visualise the weather and changes in the environment due to the changing seasons.
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Dressing for the Physical Environment Sorting Activity
Help children learn about dressing for the environment by sorting clothing items into categories for warm climate and cold climate.
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Types of Weather – Sorting Activity
Observe and categorise pictures showing different types of weather with this sorting activity.
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Science Foundation Assessment Trackers
A 3 page set of assessment trackers using the Australian Curriculum codes to monitor student progress in Science.
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Parts of a Sloth Worksheet - Labelling Activity
Label and learn about the different parts of a sloth with this cut and paste worksheet
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What to Wear Today? – Classroom Display
An interactive classroom display where students update the clothes the character is wearing each day based on the weather.
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Winter Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Use the season of winter to inspire writing in your early years classroom.
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Spring Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Use the season of spring to inspire writing in your early years classroom.
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Science Experiment - Keep Me Dry
A science experiment which explores the absorptive properties of materials.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organiser
Observe and record observations of the world around you with a printable Sensory Chart Graphic Organiser.
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Science Term Tracker (WA Curriculum) - ABLEWA
A Science term tracker using the WA Curriculum ABLEWA content descriptors and codes.
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Four Seasons Spinner Activity — Southern Hemisphere
Print a four seasons spinner activity to expand students' understanding of the different times of the year.
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Nature Walk Senses Worksheet
Use this worksheet during a nature walk to encourage children to listen, smell, look and feel!
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Free Parts of the Face Worksheet
Use this parts of the face worksheet highlighting features of the face.
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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.