Science Year 5 Year 6 Chemical Sciences

Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials

Code ST3-6MW-S

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71 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    v9 Changes

    This is a unit designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 6 Chemical Science. In it, students investigate how materials c...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    v9 Environmental Factors

    ‘Environmental Factors’ is a Year 6 Biological Sciences unit aligned with the Australian National Curriculum. It is designed to cover ten le...

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    v9 Adaptations

    This Adaptations unit is designed to cover the Biological Sciences content areas for Year 5 students. Students explore the types of adaptati...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    Natural Disasters and Extreme Climates

    In this unit, designed to last 10 lessons, students will complete the Year 6 ACARA Earth and Space Sciences curriculum, which focuses on nat...

  • Unit Plan Year: 6

    v9 Electricity

    This is an eight lesson unit designed to cover the Australian National Curriculum for Year 6 Physical Science. Throughout this unit, student...

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    Our Place in Space

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 5

    v9 Matter Matters

    This unit is designed to cover ten lessons for the Australian National Curriculum for Year 5 Chemical Science. During this unit, students le...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    STEAM Unit: Bending Wood

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    STEAM Unit: Building Better Bridges

    This activity builds on the previous fun and learning of ‘Building Bridges’ and challenges students to think about how engineers choose mate...

  • 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 ‘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: 3 4 5 6

    STEAM Unit: Genetic Coin Toss

    This activity book is designed to be used with our genetics presentation, allowing you to extend this lesson with appropriate activities for...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3 4 5 6

    STEAM Unit: Digestion Detectives

    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...

  • 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: 6

    Generating Power - Presentation

    This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 6 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Electrical Conductors and Insulators - Presentation

    This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Types of Circuits - Presentation

    This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Components - Presentation

    This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...

  • Presentation Year: 6

    Introduction to Electricity - Presentation

    This Physical Sciences presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Electricity unit written for Year 6. It allows the teacher t...

  • Presentation Year: 3 4 5 6

    Bending Wood - Presentation

    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...

  • Presentation Year: 3 4 5 6

    Building Better Bridges - Presentation

    This presentation is designed to introduce students to the concepts included in a STEM activity of the same title. It will help students und...

  • 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: 3 4 5 6

    Genetic Coin Toss - Presentation

    In this presentation, students are introduced to some of the ideas behind genetics, and that inherited chromosomes explain why families look...

  • Presentation Year: 3 4 5 6

    Your Digestive System - Presentation

    This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity “Digestion Detectives” where students learn about the organs in their digestive...

  • 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...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Atoms and Molecules Cloze

    Explore the fundamentals of matter with our engaging worksheet, covering atoms, molecules and the periodic table.   

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Changes - Title Page

    This title page is a great way to kick off the Year 6 Chemical Sciences Unit ‘Changes’, otherwise it can be saved as a fast finishers activi...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Matter Word Search

    This worksheet is a great way to familiarise your students with some of the terms for the upcoming unit or a quick fast finisher activity th...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Matter Matters Titles Page

    This worksheet is a fun way to kick off the Year 5 Science unit on matter. Use it as the first page in your students’ science workbook, or a...

  • 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.  I...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4 5 +1

    Christmas Big Brain Builders

    Spend the 12 days of Christmas encouraging creative, playful and immersive learning with your students. This variety of activities ranges fr...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Hypothesis Poster

    This poster was designed to help students understand the role of the hypothesis in the scientific method, as well as the importance of makin...

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6

    Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions Posters

    These posters help students understand the difference between an endothermic and exothermic reactions, and will help students recognise thes...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Physical Adaptation Comparison

    Explore the fascinating world of physical adaptations with this comparative resource. Students will examine different animals and their uniq...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Self-Reflection - Adaptations

    A self-reflection rubric for the information report on behavioural and physical adaptations of desert and plants.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Adaptations Physical and Behavioural Information Report

    An outline of what needs to be included in an information report on behavioural and physical adaptations of desert plants and animals.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Desert Water Conservation

    Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations of a Xerophyte (Desert Plant that has specifically adapted for water conservation).

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Seed Dispersal

    Students research one of the common modes of seed dispersal: Water, wind, animals, gravity or ballistics. They explain how the seed is dispe...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    The Australian Banksia

    Students explain and illustrate how the Australian Banksia survives the catastrophic event of Australian bushfires.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Mimicry in Plants

    Student research and investigate a plant that mimics the look of something else to aid its survival. They name and illustrate the plant and...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Plant Survival Adaptations

    Students describe the adaptations that helps each of the following plant survive. They draw and label a scientific diagram of each. E.g.,...

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Plant Environmental Problems

    Students brainstorm some environments in which plants live, describe them and some of the possible problems that plants may face in those en...

  • Resource Year: 5

    Camel Adaptations Display

    A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of camels.

  • Resource Year: 5

    Penguin Adaptations Display

    A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of penguins.

  • Resource Year: 5

    Giraffe Adaptation Display

    A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of giraffes.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Camel Adaptations - Scientific Diagram

    Students raw a scientific diagram with annotations to show behavioural adaptations of camels in the desert.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Penguin Adaptations - Scientific Diagram

    Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to show physical adaptations of penguins in Antarctica.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Giraffe Adaptations - Scientific Diagram

    Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to show behavioural adaptations of giraffes in the Savannah biome.

  • Resource Year: 5

    Behavioural Adaptations - Active Times

    A set of poster that explains behavioural adaptations, “active times”; cathemeral, diurnal, nocturnal, crepuscular.

  • Resource Year: 5

    Desert Climate

    A poster that shows the extreme differences in temperature in the desert from day to night.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Animal Active Times

    Students define each active time and illustrate an animal for each type of active time. E.g., crepuscular, nocturnal, diurnal

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Dessert Survival - Plant and Animal

    Students draw a scientific diagram with annotations to demonstrate their understand of how a plant or animal survives in the desert.

  • Resource Year: 5

    Types of Adaptations

    A poster that explains behavioural and physical adaptations.

  • Worksheet Year: 5

    Adaptations - Title Page

    A title page to use in conjunction with the Year 5 Biological Sciences Unit, Adaptations.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Plant Table

    This worksheet lets them compare their plant experiment’s measurements with the control group, as well as the other plants so that they can...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Mould Conclusions

    Students are able to complete their mould growth experiment, recording their final observations, and answering questions.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Plant Observations

    This worksheet allows students to record their observations and measurements during their plant experiment.

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Plant Proposal

    In this worksheet, students create an experiment for how a plant grows. They’re asked to identify all the relevant variables, consider wethe...

  • Worksheet Year: 6

    Magic Mould Observation

    This worksheet enables students to record their observations during their mould growing experiment.

  • Worksheet Year: 5 6

    Dancing Daisies Debrief

    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...

  • 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: 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.  

  • Resource Year: 3 5

    States of Matter - Solids, Liquids and Gases Posters

    Looking at States of Matter, this resource provides examples of solids, liquids and gases. Students explore the difference between a solid,...

  • Resource Year: 5 6

    Changing States - Match the Matter

    Students can connect the processes involved in changing states in a variety of materials.

  • Resource Year: 3 5 6

    Changing States of Matter Posters

    The 'Changing States of Matter Posters' demonstrate how materials perform when heat is added or removed. 

  • Resource Year: 6

    Reversible Irreversible Changes Posters

    The 'Reversible and Irreversible Changes Posters' have been created to support year 6 chemical science outcomes.

  • Resource Year: P F 1 2 +4

    States of Matter

    States of Matter

  • Resource Year: 1 3 5 6

    Properties of Matter

    This set of 6 charts looks at the properties of solids, liquids and gases.   Images clearly show the processes occurring when matter is h...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Science Experiment Prompts

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

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