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taking care of Earth’s water, land and air involves consideration of reducing, re-using and recycling materials to conserve Earth’s resources
- exploring why the release of helium balloons is illegal in Victoria and the alternatives to releasing balloons when celebrating special occasions
- identifying different objects and materials that can be re-used and/or recycled, and then collecting a range of recyclable materials and re-using them to make an object, such as creating a toy or an object that can move in a particular way
- exploring how compost can reduce the amount of food waste that is sent to landfill
- brainstorming ways of reducing water usage and ways that water can be saved
- exploring and asking questions about how physically changing materials helps people to re-use them in a variety of ways, and decrease waste
- exploring where different foods grow at different times of the year and making a list of foods that are currently in season to reduce ‘food miles’
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Science Sparks - Year 3 Science Activity Cards
Give your students a little science boost with Science Sparks 3 – our newest set of fast finisher science activities for Year 3!
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Rock Cycle Test
Use an Earth Science Rock Cycle Test to assess your students’ understanding of the rock cycle.
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Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness Worksheet
Use our Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness Worksheet to help your students identify and classify minerals and gemstones.
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Water Cycle Words - Illustrated Word Wall
Boost vocabulary skills and understanding with an illustrated water cycle word wall.
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Water is Life - Instructional PowerPoint
Learn about the importance of water to life on Earth, along with where water comes from, with an instructional slide deck.
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Earth Day - Acrostic Poem Template Pack
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month.
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How We Use Water Word Wall Vocabulary
A set of water related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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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.