Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things
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This unit is designed to cover the year 4 Physical Sciences material for the Australian National Curriculum. This physics unit stands apart...
This is a unit designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 3 Chemical Science. It works in conjunction with the Year 3 Hea...
This 7-lesson unit covers all the Year 4 Chemical Sciences material for the Australian National Curriculum. Throughout the unit, students co...
This is a ten-lesson unit that is designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 3 - Earth and Space Sciences. Over the cours...
This is a 5 lesson unit designed to cover the second of two Biological Science content areas for Year 4 students. Students learn about e...
This is a 5 lesson unit designed to cover the first of two Biological Science content areas for year 4 students. Lessons 2-4 could be ta...
This is a 10 lesson unit, designed to cover the Australian Curriculum for Year 4 Earth and Space Sciences. Over the course of this unit,...
Over the previous 3 school years, students should have become quite familiar with living things. In this unit, we add to that understanding...
This unit is designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum’s Physical Science Area for Year 3. The unit takes place over eight les...
Wood is one of the most fundamental materials there is. We have been using it for millions of years because it is easy to cut, shape and fix...
This activity builds on the previous fun and learning of ‘Building Bridges’ and challenges students to think about how engineers choose mate...
This activity kit, designed to be used in conjunction with our ‘What is a Hovercraft Presentation’ teaches your students the story of the ho...
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...
This activity pack contains a fun pollination activity that turns your classroom into a field of flowers for the students to pollinate. It w...
This STEAM activity pack was designed to accompany our Extinction emergency presentation. It includes instructions for the STEAM activities,...
Unlike many of our STEAM activities, this is a full unit, designed for Year 3 and 4 students to fulfil part of the Design and Technologies p...
This activity book is designed to be used with our genetics presentation, allowing you to extend this lesson with appropriate activities for...
This activity has all the learning of a dissection without any of the mess, smells or gross-out, and is designed to be complete in a single...
This activity pack is designed to go along with our Big Bang presentation. This activity kit allows you to turn that interesting presentatio...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Ecosystems unit for Year 4. It allows the teacher to walk...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 of the Ecosystems unit for Year 4. It allows the teacher to walk...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Ecosystems unit for Year 4. It allows the teacher to walk...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Ecosystems unit for Year 4. It allows the teacher to walk...
Wood is one of the most fundamental materials there is. We have been using it for millions of years because it is easy to cut, shape and fix...
This presentation is designed to introduce students to the concepts included in a STEM activity of the same title. It will help students und...
This presentation introduces students to the major forces involved in powered flight. It was designed as part of a STEAM activity pack that...
This presentation teaches students the importance of pollination to the lifecycle of plants. It was created as part of a STEAM activity, and...
In this STEAM presentation, your students will learn the various ways that animals have gone extinct over time and the current risk to endan...
This STEAM presentation teaches students how robots are designed and made to solve student problems, and then walks students through the des...
In this presentation, students are introduced to some of the ideas behind genetics, and that inherited chromosomes explain why families look...
This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity “Digestion Detectives” where students learn about the organs in their digestive...
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...
This presentation explains how pollination works, how plants and animals have evolved alongside each other to make pollination work better,...
A PowerPoint presentation that outlines the causes of extinction, examples of species who have become extinct, and animals who are in danger...
Introduce the concept of force to students with this informative presentation. Through engaging visuals and explanations, students will lear...
This printable resource presents the full set of Science achievement standards from Foundation to Year 6, expressed in student-friendly “We...
This open-ended science observation sheet is ideal for any hands-on experiment, investigation, or nature study. Students are encouraged to r...
Promote environmental stewardship with this Earth Day-themed classroom display banner. Ideal for decorating classroom walls, outfacing windo...
This rubric was created to help you assess your students on the Year 4 Biological sciences curriculum while completing the unit ‘Ecosystems’...
These life cycle puzzles are perfect for examining the differences between the life cycles of different animals. The 11 different puzzle...
The story of the hovercraft is a story of designing solutions to real-world problems and how the limits of technology can impact design. I...
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...
Spend the 12 days of Christmas encouraging creative, playful and immersive learning with your students. This variety of activities ranges fr...
A poster that explains that for part of the year the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, this is when we are in indirect sunlig...
A poster that explains how for part of the year the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, this is when we are in direct sunlight. W...
This worksheet encourages students to get out in the natural world to look for and identify the three different types of rocks. This activit...
This worksheet encourages students to get out in the natural world to look for examples of living, non-living, and once-living things. This...
This class activity helps students better understand what they’ve already learned about pollination (see the PowerPoint Presentation availab...
This web of posters helps students understand the 7 characteristics of living things using the Mnemonic of Mrs Gren. This is a great referen...
Create title pages for your life cycle projects with this creative resource.
Explore the fascinating life cycle of a sunflower with this informative worksheet. Students will learn about the different stages of a sunfl...
Assess students' understanding of solids and liquids with this interactive quiz resource. Through engaging questions and challenges, this qu...
Students will learn about the different stages of an orangutan's life with this engaging resource.
Students complete this worksheet after testing their egg drop design and watching others in the class. They sketch their design, and then re...
For this worksheet, students have to weigh the desire to create a sustainable and environmental sound house, while sticking to a budget. The...
While no materials is capable at being good at everything, all materials serve a purpose. The story of the three little pigs shows how impor...
Students rank common materials based on their physical, mechanical, and chemical properties.
Students look closely at a familiar material and assess it’s various properties, including physical, mechanical and economic properties.
Students examine objects around them to figure out what materials go into their construction.
A poster that explains the moon’s orbit, and that it takes 27 days for the moon to orbit the earth.
Students use their knowledge of how a total lunar eclipse occurs, and draw a diagram with annotations to illustrate their prediction of what...
Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to show their understanding of how the earth’s rotation on it’s axis, and its orbit arou...
Students research the average temperature of their local area for each month, and plot on the line graph. They record the names of the seas...
A poster that explains that for part of the year the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, this is when we are in indirect sunlig...
A poster that explains how for part of the year the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, this is when we are in direct sunlight. W...
A poster that visually demonstrates how the seasons occur in the southern hemisphere.
This worksheet is used to record sundial observations and to draw a diagram of your sundial with labels.
Students investigate/ observe the shadow of An object throughout the day. Students make predictions. They record length and direction of the...
A poster that visually demonstrates how shadows occur, and how they move throughout the day.
A poster that visually demonstrates how the sun causes shadows.
A poster that explains that we see the sun rise in the east and set in the west.
Poster explains how an axis is an imaginary straight line that runs through the North Pole, earth’s centre and the South Pole. The axis is t...
Students draw a scientific diagram of the earth’s rotation on its axis and how this causes day and night. They include annotations.
Students record some things that they have observed in the day and night in relation to the sun, moon and earth.
Students record what they already know about the earth, moon and sun. They draw and annotate a scientific diagram to show their understandi...
A teacher sheet explaining the preparation and methodology of the experiment students do as part of Lesson 4. This activity helps illust...
Deepen students' understanding of plant characteristics with this interactive worksheet focused on comparing different types of plants.
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...
Coloured poster/ banner of timeline showing the seasons and months in the southern hemisphere. Display poster in class when looking at se...
Uncover the wonders of nature with this captivating resource on the life cycle of a silkworm. Take students on a journey from egg to silk pr...
Dive into the fascinating world of platypuses with this resource on the platypus life cycle. Teach students about the unique reproductive pr...
Expand students' understanding of erosion with this set of informative vocabulary flash cards. Reinforce key concepts and facilitate meaning...
This poster depicts the life cycle of a sunflower and supports the Year 4 science curriculum.
This poster depicts the life cycle of a sunflower and supports the Year 4 science curriculum.
This is a visual depiction of the Life Cycle of a Kangaroo, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things in Year 4.
This is a visual depiction of the Human Life Cycle, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things in Year 4.
This is a visual depiction of the Life Cycle of a Frog, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things in Year 4.
This is a visual depiction of the Life Cycle of an Echidna, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things in Year 4.
This is a visual depiction of the Life Cycle of a Chicken, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things in Year 4.
This is a visual depiction of the Life Cycle of a Butterfly, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things, and the ways t...
This is a visual depiction of the Life Cycle of a Bilby, perfectly suited to studies of the life cycles of living things in Year 4.
The Living, Non-Living and Once-Living Things Sort requires students to recognise the range of different living things and sort them based o...
The Properties of Living Things posters will help students identify characteristics of living things such as breathing, nutrition, reproduct...
This set of charts depicts common observable features of animals and people.
This chart explains how plants 'breathe', understanding the features of living things.
Sort living, once-living and non-living things with this set of posters. This would make a wonderful activity for students to present with i...
This set of information sheets were created by request and features mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians & fish.
Use these sheets as a prompt for students when working through a science experiment.
These charts outline the life cycles of 16 different animals and plants. Included are Flowering Plant, Bean Plant, Waterlily, Human Being, C...
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