Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
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This is a unit designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 6 Chemical Science. In it, students investigate how materials c...
In this unit, designed to last 10 lessons, students will complete the Year 6 ACARA Earth and Space Sciences curriculum, which focuses on nat...
This is an eight lesson unit designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 6 Physical Science. Throughout this unit, student...
‘Environmental Factors’ is a Year 6 Biological Sciences unit aligned with the Australian National Curriculum. It is designed to cover ten le...
This is a 10 lesson unit that is designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 5 Earth and Space Sciences. Over the cours...
This unit is designed to cover ten lessons for the Australian National Curriculum for Year 5 Chemical Science. During this unit, students le...
This Adaptations unit is designed to cover the Biological Sciences content areas for Year 5 students. Students explore the types of adaptati...
This STEAM activity pack was designed to accompany our Extinction emergency presentation. It includes instructions for the STEAM activities,...
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 activity pack is designed to go along with our Big Bang presentation. This activity kit allows you to turn that interesting presentatio...
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 kit, designed to be used in conjunction with our ‘What is a Hovercraft Presentation’ teaches your students the story of the ho...
This activity builds on the previous fun and learning of ‘Building Bridges’ and challenges students to think about how engineers choose mate...
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 book is designed to be used with our genetics presentation, allowing you to extend this lesson with appropriate activities for...
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...
The Natural Hazards and Their Impact on Earth unit is a structured, inquiry-based learning program where students explore geological and wea...
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 presentation teaches students the importance of pollination to the lifecycle of plants. It was created as part of a STEAM activity, and...
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 introduces students to the major forces involved in powered flight. It was designed as part of a STEAM activity pack that...
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 history, ideas and issues behind Clean Up Australia Day. It is a great way to kick off a school...
This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity “Digestion Detectives” where students learn about the organs in their digestive...
In this presentation, students are introduced to some of the ideas behind genetics, and that inherited chromosomes explain why families look...
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 Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Surface Change unit. It allows the teacher to walk st...
This Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Surface Change unit. It allows the teacher to walk st...
This Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Surface Change unit. It allows the teacher to walk st...
This Earth and Space Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the Surface Change unit. It allows the teacher to walk st...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Adaptations unit written for Year 5. It allows the teacher...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 of the Adaptations unit written for Year 5. It allows the teacher...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Adaptations unit written for Year 5. It allows the teacher...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the Adaptations unit written for Year 5. It allows the teacher...
This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...
This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...
This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...
This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...
This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 6 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...
The Natural Hazards and Their Impact on Earth presentation is a visually engaging PowerPoint that introduces students to geological and weat...
There are 21 colourful A4 charts depict Australian animals. Choose to print them 2 or more to a page if you require flashcard size.
Students will explain how particular adaptations help survival, for example, nocturnal behaviour or silvery coloured leaves of dune plants....
This set of posters details some 'Australian Plant and Animal Structural Adaptations' that help them to survive in their environment.
The 'Plant and Animal Adaptations' posters explore the structural and behavioural adaptations of plants and animals for their environments.
This set of habitat posters features 9 different types of environments found in Australia. Students will investigate and describe the import...
This set of habitat posters features 9 different types of environments found in Australia with an extensive list of descriptive words that c...
A title page to use in conjunction with the Year 5 Biological Sciences Unit, Adaptations.
Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to demonstrate their understand of how a plant or animal survives in the desert.
Students define each active time and illustrate an animal for each type of active time. E.g., crepuscular, nocturnal, diurnal
A poster that shows the extreme differences in temperature in the desert from day to night.
A set of poster that explains behavioural adaptations, “active times”; cathemeral, diurnal, nocturnal, crepuscular.
Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to show behavioural adaptations of giraffes in the Savannah biome.
Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to show physical adaptations of penguins in Antarctica.
Students raw a scientific diagram with annotations to show behavioural adaptations of camels in the desert.
A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of giraffes.
A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of penguins.
A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of camels.
Students brainstorm some environments in which plants live, describe them and some of the possible problems that plants may face in those en...
Students describe the adaptations that helps each of the following plant survive. They draw and label a scientific diagram of each. E.g.,...
Student research and investigate a plant that mimics the look of something else to aid its survival. They name and illustrate the plant and...
Students explain and illustrate how the Australian Banksia survives the catastrophic event of Australian bushfires.
Students research one of the common modes of seed dispersal: Water, wind, animals, gravity or ballistics. They explain how the seed is dispe...
Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations of a Xerophyte (Desert Plant that has specifically adapted for water conservation).
An outline of what needs to be included in an information report on behavioural and physical adaptations of desert plants and animals.
A self-reflection rubric for the information report on behavioural and physical adaptations of desert and plants.
This worksheet is a combination of a science lesson and a reading comprehension activity. Students read a short description of how animals u...
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...
A simple baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction inflates a balloon. Students learn that chemical reaction can produce a gas.
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...
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...
In this activity, students sort waste items into the correct bin for recycling. This sorting activity is the perfect extension to any lesson...
An experiment that demonstrates the behaviour of liquids with different densities. Use this colourful experiment to illustrate how liquid...
The traditional demonstration of liquids and density. Use this colourful experiment to illustrate how liquids of different densities laye...
This poster was designed to help students understand the role of the hypothesis in the scientific method, as well as the importance of makin...
Use these sheets as a prompt for students when working through a science experiment.
Spend the 12 days of Christmas encouraging creative, playful and immersive learning with your students. This variety of activities ranges fr...
This set of 10 informative and visually appealing charts are an invaluable resource for studying the continent of Antarctica. Information i...
This is an enormous set of 82 flashcards including vocabulary of Antarctica. Where possible, images are included to assist visual learners...
This set of desert organism cards was developed to support the Year 7 Science Curriculum in the study of Food Chains and Food Webs.
This set of grassland organism cards was developed to support the Year 7 Science Curriculum in the study of Food Chains and Food Webs.
This 2 page worksheet is designed to work hand in hand with the first presentation in this unit, and help students better understand the sci...
This worksheet enables the students to trace a 1cm grid on a zipper top bag, which they’ll need to record their observations during the moul...
This worksheet enables students to record their observations during their mould growing experiment.
In this worksheet, students create an experiment for how a plant grows. They’re asked to identify all the relevant variables, consider wethe...
This worksheet allows students to record their observations and measurements during their plant experiment.
Students are able to complete their mould growth experiment, recording their final observations, and answering questions.
This reading comprehension activity has students complete a short reading on the reproductive rates of different living things so students c...
This worksheet lets them compare their plant experiment’s measurements with the control group, as well as the other plants so that they can...
Students take what they’ve learned about the Tardigrade, and reimagine them in a super hero setting.
Students investigate some the largest migrations in the animal kingdom, plotting them on a world map.
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...
In this worksheet, students complete a few general geology question after having watched the presentation ‘Geology Refresher’. This should a...
This is a handy title page for the Surface Change unit that works great as a fast finisher activity. This worksheet was created as part o...
This handy worksheet not only reinforces many of the important terms of the Year 5 Earth and Space science curriculum, it is the perfect fas...
In this worksheet, students look at the impact that humans have on the Earth’s surface through adding and taking away. Not only do they do s...
This worksheet is part of an assessment for the Year 5 ACARA Earth and Space science curriculum unit called Soil, Rocks and Minerals. You wi...
This presentation was created to be used as part of an assessment tool for the Surface Change unit. Students use a quiz answer sheet provide...
This Biological Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Adaptations unit written for Year 5. It allows the teacher...
This worksheet is a great fast finishers worksheet for the Year 5 Biological Science unit ‘Adaptations’.
This worksheet allows students to structure and outline the presentation they will need to complete as part of the assessment for the Year 5...
Explore the fascinating world of physical adaptations with this comparative resource. Students will examine different animals and their uniq...
Dive into the fascinating world of adaptations with this comprehensive presentation. Designed to engage students' curiosity and understandin...
This is a handy title page for the Year 6 Environmental Factors unit that works great as a fast finisher activity. This worksheet was cre...
This printable resource presents the full set of Science achievement standards from Foundation to Year 6, expressed in student-friendly “We...
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