Victorian Curriculum
Science Understanding
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
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What are Bushfires? Comprehension Task
A comprehension task to use when learning about bushfires.
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Animal Adaptations - Inquiry Task
An inquiry-based task to consolidate and deepen students' understanding of animal adaptations.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations - Worksheet Pack
A collection of worksheets to use when teaching students about the structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations of plants and animals.
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Number and Algebra Mathematics Investigation - The Solar System in Our Space
A mathematics investigation about number and the scale of the solar system, embedded in a real-world context.
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Formation of Earth - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Combine reading and science content with a reading comprehension worksheet that focuses on the formation of Earth.
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Plant And Animal Adaptations PowerPoint
A 28 slide editable PowerPoint Template for teaching a unit on plant and animal adaptation.
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Natural Disasters PowerPoint
A 45 slide editable PowerPoint template for teaching a unit on natural disasters.
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Light Fantastic PowerPoint
A 21 slide editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about light in Science.
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It's Electric! - PowerPoint Presentation
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about electricity in Science.
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Facts of the Matter PowerPoint Presentation
A 22 slide editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about the states of matter in Science.
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Comprehension - What are Earthquakes?
A comprehension activity about 'What are Earthquakes?'
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Science Experiment – States of Matter
A science experiment that investigates how a substance's state of matter can be changed.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations - Structural Adaptation Posters
A set of 8 posters highlighting some physical adaptations of plants and animals.
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Day and Night – Worksheet
Encourage your students to illustrate the day and night cycle with this free worksheet.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations - Comprehension Task
A comprehension passage, with questions, about structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations.
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Planets of the Solar System Posters
Use this set of visually striking and informative posters about the planets of our solar system in your classroom.
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Natural Disasters Inquiry Task - Newspaper Report
Use our 3-page graphic organiser to research and report on a significant natural disaster from the last 100 years.
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Going, Going, Gone! - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how matter changes state at different temperatures.
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The Solar System to Scale
Display information about the order, scale and the diameter of the planets with this colorful science poster.
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The State of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students classify a substance's state of matter by observing changes to its properties.
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Natural Resources Word Search
Review the different natural resources with a word search.
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Natural Disasters Effects and Management Worksheet
An activity to use when exploring the potential effects of natural disasters, and how to manage these.
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Behavioural, Structural and Physiological Adaptations
4 posters showing the different types of adaptations.
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Earthquakes - Shake, Rattle and Fall Experiment
An hands-on experiment to be conducted by students when investigating earthquakes.
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Planets of the Solar System Factbook – Worksheet
Engage your students with a worksheet that can be compiled into a factbook containing information about the planets in the solar system.
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Impacts of Floods PowerPoint
A 19-slide editable PowerPoint template about floods and their impact on communities.
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States of Matter Poster
A poster that displays the three states of matter, their properties and the processes for changing states.
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Understanding States of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet that allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of solids, liquids and gases.
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Circuit Diagrams Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how to read and write circuit diagrams.
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Plate Tectonics Cloze Activity
A cloze activity to use when learning about the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics.
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Movement of the Sun, Earth and Moon Model
A hands-on model to demonstrate the interplay and movements of the sun, Earth and moon.
