VCSSU073
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives
teaching resource
Science Experiment – States of Matter
A science experiment that investigates how a substance's state of matter can be changed.
teaching resource
Science Experiment - Angles of Reflection
A science experiment that explores reflected light.
teaching resource
See Light Through Me Worksheet
A worksheet that explores classification of objects according to light transmission.
teaching resource
Science Experiment - Blubber Me!
A science experiment which explores the structural adaptation of blubber.
teaching resource
Science Experiment - True Colours
A science experiment that explores the perception of colour.
teaching resource
What's the Use? PowerPoint - Developing a Hypothesis to Investigate
A teaching presentation discussing the development of a scientific hypothesis.
teaching resource
Design Your Own Experiment Worksheet
A worksheet to develop students' ability to design fair, scientific experiments.
teaching resource
Initiating a Scientific Investigation Worksheet
A worksheet to help the students begin the process of a scientific investigation.
teaching resource
Now I Understand PowerPoint - Building a Solid Conclusion for an Experiment
An educational teaching presentation introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
teaching resource
Science Experiment - Cover to Conserve
A science experiment that investigates if evaporation can be reduced by covering a body of water.
teaching resource
Freedom of Choice PowerPoint - Developing Scientific Lines of Questioning
A teaching presentation discussing the development of scientific lines of questioning.
teaching resource
R.E.R.U.N. - Writing a Scientific Conclusion Fact Sheet
An educational fact sheet introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
resource pack
Light Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive set of posters, activities and worksheets related to the concept of light.
unit plan
Light Fantastic Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the properties of light. It explores the phenomena of reflection, refraction, shadow and more.
unit plan
Our Place in Space - Unit Plan
This Earth and Space Sciences unit explores the concept that Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun).
lesson plan
In the Shadows
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare shadows from point and extended light sources.
lesson plan
Knowing Matters!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how knowledge of states of matter and their changes can help inform practices and decision making.
unit plan
Facts of the Matter
This Chemical Sciences unit explores the concept that solids, liquids and gases have different observable properties and behave in different ways.
lesson plan
Changing States of Matter
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the way solids, liquids and gases change in different situations.
unit plan
Plant and Animal Adaptations Unit Plan
This Science unit addresses the concept of plant and animal adaptations.
lesson plan
Reflecting Light
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use mirrors to investigate some of the properties of reflected light.
lesson plan
Lights Line Up!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will draw simple ray diagrams to show the paths of light from a source to the eyes.
lesson plan
See Light Through Me
A 60 minute lesson in which students will classify objects based on how much light is transmitted through them.
lesson plan
True Colours
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how the colour of an object depends on the properties of the object and the colour of the light source.
lesson plan
Blubber Me Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how blubber works as an insulator.
