Earth and Space Sciences Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Weathering and Erosion Poster
A poster highlighting the weathering and erosion process.
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The Seasons Around the World Posters and Worksheet
A diagram showing the Earth's rotation around the sun and the corresponding seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere
A visual representation of the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.
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The Solar System to Scale
A poster showing the planets in our Solar System in order, and scaled according to their diameters.
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The Solar System - Planets in Order
A poster showing the order of the planets in our Solar System.
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What are Bushfires? Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about bushfires.
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10 Fascinating Facts About Mauna Kea – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about ten facts about Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
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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.
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Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon Poster
A poster showing the interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon.
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Earth, Sun and Moon Pictures with Information
Colourful pictures of the sun, Earth and moon with useful information on them.
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Earth Day Acrostic Poem - Template
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day.
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Earth, Sun and Moon Pictures
Colourful pictures of the sun, Earth and moon.
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Earthly Word Search with Answers
The Earthly Word Search uses scientific vocabulary in a fun way!
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Geographic Landforms Features Poster and Worksheet
A poster showing the different types of geographic features of Earth.
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Xubosian Creature Report
A template for students to record and justify the features of a fictitious creature from Planet Xubos.
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Planet Xubos Fact File Prompt
A one-page fact file providing details about the habitats found on the fictitious planet Xubos.
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Day and Night Poster
A poster which clearly shows how day and night occurs on Earth.
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Tropical Cyclone Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about tropical cyclones.
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Flood - Border Trimmers
A flood themed corkboard/whiteboard border set.
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Impacts of Floods - Title Poster
A poster to use on your natural disasters display board.
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Natural Disasters - Flood Simulation Experiment
A hands-on experiment to use when exploring natural disasters.
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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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Plotting Earthquakes Worksheet
A plotting activity showing different earthquakes around the world.
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What are Floods? Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about floods.
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What are Floods? - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task to use when learning about flooding.
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Comprehension – Why Our Bodies Need Water
A comprehension activity about 'Why Our Bodies Need Water'.
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Impacts of Floods PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint teaching resource about floods and their impact on our communities.
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Sun, Earth and Moon Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of teaching resources including posters, worksheets and experiments to use when teaching your class about the interplay of the sun, Earth and moon.
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The Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon Unit Plan
This Earth and Space Sciences unit addresses the celestial bodies of the sun, Earth and moon. It explores their sizes, shapes, positions and movements and the interactions between them.
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Celestial Bodies - The Sun
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the key features of the sun.
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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).
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Natural Disasters Unit Plan
This Science unit addresses the concepts of plate tectonics and natural disasters.