Science Year 1 Year 2 Biological Sciences

Describes observable features of living things and their environments

Code ST1-4LW-S

Resources for this descriptor

103 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    Sights and Sounds

    This unit has been designed for Year 1 based on the Australian Curriculum Physical Science Strand. Students will investigate sources of ligh...

  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    Earth's Resources

    This unit that is designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 2 - Earth and Space Sciences. Throughout this unit, students...

  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    Combining Materials

    This unit covers the Chemical Sciences portion of the Australian Curriculum for year 2. Through a series of presentations, hands-on activiti...

  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    Push and Pull

    This unit will investigate how the forces of push and pull affect the ways in whichΒ objects move on land, water and in the air. StudentsΒ ...

  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    Growth and Change

    There are predictable stages that all living things go through. They can be very similar between different animals, and there can be interes...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    Changing Materials

    This unit has been designed to meet the requirements of the Year 1 Australian Curriculum Science - Chemical Sciences strand. In this unit...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: What is a Hovercraft?

    This activity kit, designed to be used in conjunction with our β€˜What is a Hovercraft Presentation’ teaches your students the story of the ho...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: The Science of Flight

    This activity kit is designed to accompany the STEAM presentation on the Physics of Flight. In this pack, you will find all the necessary in...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: Powerful Pollination

    This activity pack contains a fun pollination activity that turns your classroom into a field of flowers for the students to pollinate. It w...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: Extinction Emergency

    This STEAM activity pack was designed to accompany our Extinction emergency presentation. It includes instructions for the STEAM activities,...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: The Big Bang

    This activity pack is designed to go along with our Big Bang presentation. This activity kit allows you to turn that interesting presentatio...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Needs and Wants

    This is a fun and engaging presentation that helps students to understand the differences between needs and wants. Students play a game to d...

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    Patterns of Movement - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Science presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 - Patterns of Movement of the Our Moving Sky unit for Year 2....

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    The Moving Sun - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Science presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 - The Moving Sun of the Our Moving Sky unit for Year 4. It al...

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    The Moving Sky - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Science presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 - The Moving Sky of the Our Moving Sky unit for Year 3. It al...

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    The Solar System - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Science presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 - The Solar SystemΒ of the Our Moving Sky unit for Year 2. It...

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    The Earth - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Science presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 - The Earth of the Our Moving Sky unit for Year 2. It allows...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    The Science of Flight - Presentation

    This presentation introduces students to the major forces involved in powered flight. It was designed as part of a STEAM activity pack that...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Powerful Pollination - Presentation

    This presentation teaches students the importance of pollination to the lifecycle of plants. It was created as part of a STEAM activity, and...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Extinction Emergency - Presentation

    In this STEAM presentation, your students will learn the various ways that animals have gone extinct over time and the current risk to endan...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Ask About it - The Big Bang Presentation

    In this presentation from our Ask About it STEM range, we respond to a student who asked a question about the Big Bang. After briefly discus...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Clean Up Australia Day - Presentation

    This presentation introduces students to the history, ideas and issues behind Clean Up Australia Day. It is a great way to kick off a school...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Achievement Standards - Science

    This printable resource presents the full set of Science achievement standards from Foundation to Year 6, expressed in student-friendly β€œWe...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2 3 +1

    Science Observation Sheet - Blank Template

    This open-ended science observation sheet is ideal for any hands-on experiment, investigation, or nature study. Students are encouraged to r...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Living Things and Their Homes - Rubric

    This assessment pack includes two detailed rubrics to support science learning in Year 1: one focused on student knowledge of living things...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Planning A Model Home

    This assessment is to be used alongside the β€˜Animals for Building A Model Home’ resource. Students display their understanding of living thi...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Animals for Building A Model Home

    Print these animals out on thick card stock for students to complete their β€˜Planning A Model Home’ assessment.Β  Β 

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Caring For Our Pets

    Students choose an animal as a pet to care for and identify the actions they need to take to take care of their pets to ensure its basic nee...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    What Do I Need To Survive?

    This worksheet comes with two different versions for your varying classroom needs. Students complete the worksheet and draw the basic needs...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Needs and Wants Sorting Activity

    This Needs and Wants sorting activity can be completed as a whole class during explicit teaching to clear any misunderstandings of the terms...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Basic Needs Of An Animal

    This poster makes a great visual reference for students to understand the basic needs of an animal. This poster forms part of a larger unit...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Recording My Observations

    This worksheet is to be used alongside the ’Planting Beans Experiment’. Students draw scientific drawings of their beans over the course of...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Planting Beans Experiment

    This experiment allows students to experience first hand how living things grow and how their basic needs help them to survive. Students pla...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Where Do Plants Get Their Needs From?

    Display this resource on your interactive whiteboard or print it out and complete it with the class. This resource compares the differences...

  • Worksheet

    Basic Needs Of A Plant

    This worksheet comes with two different versions for your varying classroom needs. Students complete the worksheet and draw the basic needs...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Basic Needs Of A Plant Poster

    This poster makes a great visual reference for students to understand the basic needs of a plant. This poster forms part of a larger unit on...

  • Worksheet Year: F

    Creating A New Creature

    This Creating A New Creature Assessment was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students to design...

  • Worksheet Year: F

    My Scientific Drawing

    This worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students record their observations of living...

  • Worksheet Year: F

    Parts of Plants and their Functions

    This Parts of Plants and their Functions worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students...

  • Resource Year: F

    Parts of a Plants and Their Functions

    This Parts of A Plant and Their Functions Poster was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides a clear visual explanation o...

  • Worksheet Year: F

    External Features of a Plant

    This External Features of a Plant worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students to ide...

  • Resource Year: F

    Parts of a Plant

    This Parts of A Plant Poster was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides a clear visual explanation of the external featu...

  • Worksheet Year: F

    External Features of Animals Worksheet

    This set of External Features of Animals worksheets was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for student...

  • Resource Year: F

    External Features Poster

    This External Features Poster resource was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit to provide a clear explanation on what external fea...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Pom Pom Popper Assessment

    This assessment is designed to be used at the completion of the Push and Pull Science Unit. Students will demonstrate their learning from th...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Pom Pom Popper Poster

    This simple procedural text is the perfect hands-on activity for your students when learning about the concept of push and pull. It has been...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Comparing Toys

    This worksheet allows students to identify different forces that are used by different toys, by comparing one of their own toys with a toy f...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Gravity - Worksheet

    This worksheet allows students to demonstrate their understanding of gravity and the different objects that will be affected by gravity. Β 

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    The Power of Forces

    This worksheet has been designed for students to record their observations as they complete various push and pull experiments. Students will...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Moving Sky Quiz

    This worksheet is designed to be used as a piece of summative assessment for our Year 2 Earth and Space Sciences unit β€˜Our Moving Sky’. In i...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Researching Our Neighbours

    In this worksheet, students pick one of the planets in our solar system (other than the Earth) and search the internet for some simple facts...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Our Moving Sky - Title Page

    This title page was designed for the Year 2 Earth and Space Sciences unit β€˜Our Moving Sky’. It is a great front cover if you plan to coll...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    What is a Hovercraft? - Presentation

    The story of the hovercraft is a story of designing solutions to real-world problems and how the limits of technology can impact design.Β  I...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Extinction Bingo

    This game was created as an extension for a STEAM activity on extinction and endangered species. In this bingo game, a bingo caller works th...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Sort Through the Trash

    In this activity, students sort waste items into the correct bin for recycling. This sorting activity is the perfect extension to any lesson...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    My Clean Up Australia Pledge

    In this worksheet, students pledge and plan to help keep Australia clean and beautiful. This is often done as part of Clean Up Australia Day...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Australian Animals Footprints B

    This series of posters, the result of a resource request from one of our member teachers, show Australian animals and the unique footprints...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Australian Animals Footprints

    This resource, the result of a resource request from one of our member teachers, show Australian animals and the unique footprints they make...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    IFive Senses Sentence Finisher

    A worksheet with incomplete written sentences about the 5 senses. Students colour, cut, match and paste the correct 5 senses image to cor...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Five Senses Sort

    Table of the 5 senses with jumbled images related to each sense. After a class discussion on the senses, and used in conjunction with the...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Five Senses Poster - Girl Version

    A poster with labelled external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.Β  Β 

  • Resource Year: 1

    Five Senses Poster - Boy Version

    A poster with labelled external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.Β  Β 

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Five Senses - Girl Version

    Label the external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.Β  This can be used as part of science or to introduce students t...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Five Senses - Boy Version

    Label the external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.Β  This can be used as part of science or to introduce students to...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    My Flying Insect

    Explore the world of flying insects with this interactive resource. Students will create their own flying insect models and learn about thei...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Land and Water Animal Sort

    Engage students in an exploration of different habitats with this interactive resource.

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Healthy Habitats

    Promote environmental awareness and conservation with this resource focused on healthy habitats.

  • Resource Year: 1

    Clean and Unhealthy Water Habitats

    Students can sort clean and unhealthy water habitats and discuss the comparisons between the two and the possible implications of pollution...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Beach, Bush and Backyard Habitats

    Discover the wonders of diverse habitats with this comprehensive resource. Students will explore the unique characteristics and biodiversity...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Beach Animals

    Immerse students in the fascinating world of beach animals with this captivating resource. From crabs to seagulls, students will learn about...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Beach, Bush and Backyard Page Border

    Enhance visual presentations and displays with this decorative page border featuring a beach, bush, and backyard theme.

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Beach, Bush and Backyard Animal Sort

    Encourage students to explore animal diversity across different habitats with this interactive sorting activity. Students will categorise an...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Importance Of Recycling

    Students are asked to reflect on the importance of recycling through either writing or drawing. This worksheet was designed to be used with...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2 6

    (Re)Making Paper - Teacher Sheet

    This teacher sheet outline the instructions for a recycling activity where students turn scrap paper into beautiful, handmade paper bookmark...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Materials Scavenger Hunt

    Students set off around the classroom or playground in search of examples of each category of material. This worksheet can be done as a comp...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Water in a Strainer

    This is an interesting demosntration of the hydrophobic nature of oil, but for younger students, it just looks like an amazing magic trick....

  • Resource Year: 2 5 6

    Three Levels of Liquid

    The traditional demonstration of liquids and density. Use this colourful experiment to illustrate how liquids of different densities laye...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    How to Make Moon Sand

    Explore Science and Sensory Play with Moon Sand!This captivating presentation guides students through creating their own moon sand, a sand-l...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    How to Make a Rubber Egg

    An interesting investigation that demonstrates the changes that can happen to a familiar object during a chemical reaction.This is an experi...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Clever Play Dough

    An investigation of a non-Newtonian fluid, sometimes called Ooblek. This is a fun experiment for kids to play with and get messy. Β 

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Changing the Colours of Flowers

    Students will conduct an experiment where they learn about the functions of the parts of a flowering plant.Β 

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    A Sticky Balloon Too

    An investigation of static electricity. There isn’t really a place for static electricity in the current Australian Curriculum, but this...

  • Resource Year: 2

    A Plane Made of Rings

    An experiment where students create an unfamiliar paper airplane, that is still able to fly thanks to the forces of thrust and lift. The...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 6

    A Lemon Instead of Battery

    In this experiment, students create a chemical battery with a lemon that is able to power a small light. This could be an effective demon...

  • Resource Year: 2 5 6

    A Lamp with Bubbles

    An experiment that demonstrates the behaviour of liquids with different densities. Use this colourful experiment to illustrate how liquid...

  • Resource Year: 2 5 6

    A Growing Balloon

    A simple baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction inflates a balloon. Students learn that chemical reaction can produce a gas. Β 

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    A Sunflower

    Colour the sunflower and label it as part of your study of Living Things.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    External Features Of Animals

    This resource provides a visual reference for the external features of animals from various habitats, including animals found in the backyar...

  • Resource Year: 1 3 4 5

    Environment / Habitat Posters - Descriptive

    This set of habitat posters features 9 different types of environments found in Australia with an extensive list of descriptive words that c...

  • Resource Year: 1 3 4 5

    Habitat Posters

    This set of habitat posters features 9 different types of environments found in Australia. Students will investigate and describe the import...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Nocturnal & Diurnal - Animal Sorting

    Students will sort nocturnal and diurnal animals as part of their studies on the different places that living things live, and how they adap...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Mini Beasts - Backyard Critters

    This set of posters identifies the common external features of animals. Β  It includes: ant bee butterfly cicada earthworm frog sn...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Parts of Plants

    Plants live in a variety of environments, but share similar needs. These charts label some common parts of different types of plants.

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Parts of Animals and People

    This set of charts depicts common observable features of animals and people.

  • Resource Year: 1

    Land and Water Animals

    Living things live in places where their needs are met, such as land and water.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Big and Small Animals

    Animals come in all shapes and sizes. Looking at some big and small animals, students can identify suitable habitats for each animal and dec...

  • Resource Year: 1 3 4

    Vertebrates

    This set of information sheets were created by request and features mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians & fish.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Science Experiment Prompts

    Use these sheets as a prompt for students when working through a science experiment.

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Invertebrates - Roles

    This resource consists of 5 pages, each detailing the value of invertebrates and the important role they play in our environment.

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Invertebrates - Types

    This resource provides labelled features and examples of various types of invertebrates including: insects, molluscs, myriapods, arachnids,...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Minibeast Flashcards

    There are 54 flashcards in this set covering a wide variety of minibeasts with a photograph to support each name. There are loads of creepy...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Parts of a Flower

    These charts label each of the parts of a flower and include worksheets to help students consolidate this knowledge.

  • Resource Year: 1 4

    Parts of an Insect Chart

    This chart clearly labels all the parts of an insect.

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