Physical Sciences Teaching Resources

Gravity Investigation

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the force of gravity.

Sources of Heat

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify kinetic, electrical and chemical sources of heat energy.

Gravity

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the force of gravity.

Whatever Floats Your Boat

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the force of buoyancy.

The Force of Friction

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the force of friction.

Forces in Play

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate push and push forces at work in the playground.

Push and Pull Forces

Electricity Explained

An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of energy transfer and transformation when generating electricity.

Is It Sustainable? Evaluating Sources of Electricity

A 60 minute lesson in which students will consider whether energy sources are sustainable.

Solar Electricity

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of solar panels and determine if they are a viable source of electricity.

Transforming Energy Into Electricity

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how moving air and water can turn turbines to generate electricity.

Shine Bright, Electric Light!

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how changes to electrical circuits affect their components.

Feeling the Flow - Electrical Conductors and Insulators

A 60 minute lesson in which students will classify objects as conductors or insulators of electricity.

Wired Up! - Building Electrical Circuits

A 60 minute lesson in which students will read and draw circuit diagrams.

What is Electricity?

Balloon Rocket Experiment

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how energy makes things move.

Light and Shadow - Design an Experiment

An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of light and fair testing.

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.

In Living Colour

A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how the colour of an object depends on the properties of the object.

Refracting Light

A 60 minute lesson in which students will observe the refraction of light at the surfaces of different transparent materials.

Reflecting Light

A 60 minute lesson in which students will use mirrors to investigate some of the properties of reflected light.

In the Shadows

A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare shadows from point and extended light sources.

See Light Through Me

A 60 minute lesson in which students will classify objects based on how much light is transmitted through them.

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.

What is Light?

A 60 minute lesson in which students will research the concept of light and generate a list of statements that can be tested.

The Heat is On

An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of heat energy and how it moves.

Stretch, Bend and Twist – I Think You've Got the Gist

A 60-minute lesson designed for students to use their knowledge of materials to predict and identify whether materials stretch, bend or twist.

Marvellous Materials

A 60-minute lesson in which students recap their prior knowledge of materials and their physical features.

Sensational Stretching

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can be stretched.

Brilliant Bending

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can bend.

Terrific Twisting

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can be twisted.

Handy Heating

A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials change when they are heated.