Foundation Level
People use science in their daily lives
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Comparing Life Stages Worksheet
An open-ended task for students to demonstrate their understanding of how animals grow and change.
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Material World Cut-Out Decorations
Cut-out decorations to use on your materials display board.
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Living Things Need Water PowerPoint
An 10 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching students why living things need water.
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A House for Hermit Crab - Worksheet
A fun activity for students to explore why living things need shelter.
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Storm's a Comin' - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring sound in science or music.
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What are Minibeasts? - Poster
A poster to display in the classroom when learning about minibeasts.
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Finding Minibeasts - Outdoor Observation Activity
A fun investigation activity to use in the classroom when learning about minibeasts.
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Object Material Investigation Worksheet
A worksheet for investigating the materials certain objects are made from.
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Minibeasts Weekly Lesson Pack
This extensive minibeast weekly lesson pack includes educational posters, classroom decorations, word wall templates, page templates and worksheets for you to mix and match with your class.
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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.
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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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Diving Into Description
A 60 minute lesson in which students explore the properties of materials and develop vocabulary to describe them.
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Let's Sort!
A 60 minute lesson in which students identify the material objects are made of and sort them in various ways.
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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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Properties of Materials Unit Plan
This Chemical Sciences unit investigates the observable properties of materials. Descriptive vocabulary is explored as well as the suitability of materials for different purposes.
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Growth and Change Unit Plan
This Biological Sciences unit explores how living things grow and change. Animal offspring (including humans) are compared with their parents and plants are grown from seed in order to observe change over a period of weeks.
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Living Things and Their External Features Unit Plan
This Biological Sciences unit covers a range of concepts relating to living things, such as their external features and the places in which their needs are met.
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Living Things and Their Needs Unit Plan
This Science unit covers a range of concepts relating to the basic needs of living things.
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Light and Sound Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concepts of light and sound and how they are sensed.
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This is Your Life
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the stages of the human life cycle.
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Big Changes!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop their understanding of the concept of metamorphosis.
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Going Through Stages
A 60 minute lesson in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of simple life cycles.
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Mothers, Fathers and Babies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare observable features of adults and offspring and identify the proper names of adults and their offspring.
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A-Planting We Will Go!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plant seeds following the procedure of the scientific method.
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How Do Living Things Change?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will activate prior knowledge about how living things change as they grow.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the external features of small animals.
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What is the Same and What is Different?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare the external features of small animals.
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What Snacks Do Ants Prefer?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate which foods ants prefer to eat.
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Astounding Ants
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the external features of an ant.
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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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We're Going On a Playground Safari
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the external features of small animals.