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Science Year 5 Year 6 Science

With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Worksheet Year: 5

Self-Reflection - Adaptations

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

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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.

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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).

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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...

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Worksheet Year: 5

The Australian Banksia

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

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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...

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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.,...

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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...

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Resource Year: 5

Camel Adaptations Display

A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of camels.

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Resource Year: 5

Penguin Adaptations Display

A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of penguins.

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Resource Year: 5

Giraffe Adaptation Display

A poster that highlights examples of physical adaptations of giraffes.

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Worksheet Year: 5

Camel Adaptations - Scientific Diagram

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

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Worksheet Year: 5

Penguin Adaptations - Scientific Diagram

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

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Worksheet Year: 5

Giraffe Adaptations - Scientific Diagram

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

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Resource Year: 5

Behavioural Adaptations - Active Times

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

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Resource Year: 5

Desert Climate

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

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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

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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.

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Resource Year: 5

Types of Adaptations

A poster that explains behavioural and physical adaptations.

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Worksheet Year: 5

Adaptations - Title Page

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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