Science Teaching Resources
An extensive collection of teaching resources to use during Science lessons. Resources are available which cover the biological sciences, chemical sciences, physical sciences, earth and space, plus a wide range of science experiments. Within this resource collection, you will find everything you need to teach Science in a primary classroom, including worksheets, posters, teaching presentations, inquiry tasks, customisable display banners, unit and lesson plans and more.
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Let's Build an Earthworm House
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that living things live in different places where their needs are met.
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Electric Avenue - The Non-Contact Force of Electrostatics
A 60 minute lesson in which the students investigate electrostatics and the properties of its associated force.
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Exploring Plants
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the importance of natural vegetation to animals and people.
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Amazing Tunnellers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the external features of an earthworm.
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What Did We Find On Our Playground Safari?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways.
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Understanding States of Matter
An assessment task designed to assess students' knowledge and understanding of solids, liquids and gases, their properties and their behaviour.
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We're Going On a Playground Safari
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the external features of small animals.
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Slime - Solid, Liquid or Gas?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will recognise that not all substances can be easily classified on the basis of their observable properties.
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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.
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Going, Going, Gone!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will recognise that substances exist in different states depending on the temperature.
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Changing States of Matter
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the way solids, liquids and gases change in different situations.
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Gases
A 60 minute lesson in which students will observe that gases have mass and take up space.
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Asking Questions About Living Things
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that small animals have different external features.
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Solids
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the observable characteristics of solids and how they behave in different ways.
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What's the Matter?
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Living Things Are All Around Us
A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about living and non-living things.
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Design a Musical Instrument
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of sound.
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Sound Research
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how sound travels.
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Sounds of Change
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if the pitch and volume of sounds can be changed.
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Make a Sound
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if similar sounds can be made in different ways.
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C'mon, Feel the Noise
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sound and how it is made.
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Line Up the Light
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light travels in a straight line.
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No Light, No Sight
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light is needed in order to see.
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Let the Sun Shine In
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore sources of light and identify the sun as a light source.
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Sensational Senses
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the five senses and the information they provide.
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Changing Shadows
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if shadows change throughout the day.
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The Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the interplay of the sun, Earth and moon.
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Day and Night
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate what causes day and night.
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The Relative Sizes of the Sun, Earth and Moon
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the relative sizes of the sun, Earth and moon.
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Making Monsters
A 60 minute lesson in which students design and create a 3D monster using objects made from materials with different properties.
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Keep Me Dry
A 60 minute lesson in which students investigate materials to determine how water resistant they are.
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Give Me Some Shade
A 60 minute lesson in which students investigate materials to determine how much shade they provide.