Science Foundation Biological Sciences

Explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things

Code STe-3LW-ST

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40 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: F

    v9 Living Things

    In this Living Things unit, students observe and explore the external features of plants and animals. This unit explains the important jobs...

  • Unit Plan Year: F

    v9 Make Your Move

    This physical science unit on movement is designed to get foundation students thinking about the forces that put objects in motion by observ...

  • Unit Plan Year: F

    Weather

    This unit will investigate how daily and seasonal changes in our environmentΒ affect everyday life. The unit has been created to support the...

  • Unit Plan Year: F

    v9 Materials

    This unit was created to support the Foundation Year level of the Australian Curriculum - Chemical Sciences strand. Students will learn t...

  • 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: 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    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: 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 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: F 1

    Movement Sorting Activity

    Introduce the concept of movement to young learners with this interactive sorting activity. Engage students in categorizing objects and orga...

  • Resource Year: F

    Living Things In Our Yard

    Explore the diverse range of living things found in our yard with this resource. Inspire students to observe and identify plants, animals, a...

  • Resource Year: F

    Living Things Sorting Activity - Small Bag Cards

    Extend the living things sorting activity with this set of small bag cards. Encourage students to sort and classify objects and organisms in...

  • Resource Year: F

    Living Things Sorting Activity

    Develop students' understanding of living and non-living things with this interactive sorting activity. Engage them in categorizing various...

  • 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: P F 1 2

    Pets - Flashcards

    We have received a few requests for resources to support a unit on Pets. This set of Pet themed flash cards includes 24 pets, from the co...

  • 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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