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Science Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Science

Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions

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33 resources

Year: 2

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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...

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Year: 2

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Combining Materials

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

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Year: 2

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Push and Pull

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

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Year: F

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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...

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Year: F

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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...

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Year: F

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Weather

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

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Year: F

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v9 Materials

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

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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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...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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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...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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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...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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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...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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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...

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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Science Experiment Prompts

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

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Year: F 1 2

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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...

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Year: F 1 2

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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.

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Year: F 1 2

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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...

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Year: F 1 2

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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...

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Year: F 1 2

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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....

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Year: F 1 2 3 +3

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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...

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Year: 2 5 6

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A Growing Balloon

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

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Year: 2 5 6

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A Lamp with Bubbles

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

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Year: 2

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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...

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Year: 2 5 6

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Three Levels of Liquid

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

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Year: F 1 2

Worksheet

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...

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Year: F 1 2 6

Worksheet

(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...

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Year: F 1 2

Worksheet

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...

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Year: 1

Worksheet

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...

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Year: 1

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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...

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Year: 1

Worksheet

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...

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Year: F 1

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Movement Sorting Activity

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

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Year: F

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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...

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Year: F

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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...

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Year: F

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Living Things Sorting Activity

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

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