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Science Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Biological Sciences

Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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,...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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 “We...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Planning A Model Home

    This assessment is to be used alongside the ‘Animals for Building A Model Home’ resource. Students display their understanding of living thi...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Animals for Building A Model Home

    Print these animals out on thick card stock for students to complete their ‘Planning A Model Home’ assessment.   

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • Worksheet Year: F

    Creating A New Creature

    This Creating A New Creature Assessment was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students to design...

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  • Worksheet Year: F

    My Scientific Drawing

    This worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students record their observations of living...

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  • Worksheet Year: F

    Parts of Plants and their Functions

    This Parts of Plants and their Functions worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students...

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  • Resource Year: F

    Parts of a Plants and Their Functions

    This Parts of A Plant and Their Functions Poster was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides a clear visual explanation o...

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  • Worksheet Year: F

    External Features of a Plant

    This External Features of a Plant worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students to ide...

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  • Resource Year: F

    Parts of a Plant

    This Parts of A Plant Poster was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides a clear visual explanation of the external featu...

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  • Worksheet Year: F

    External Features of Animals Worksheet

    This set of External Features of Animals worksheets was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for student...

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  • Resource Year: F

    External Features Poster

    This External Features Poster resource was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit to provide a clear explanation on what external fea...

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  • 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...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Australian Animals Footprints B

    This series of posters, the result of a resource request from one of our member teachers, show Australian animals and the unique footprints...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Australian Animals Footprints

    This resource, the result of a resource request from one of our member teachers, show Australian animals and the unique footprints they make...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    IFive Senses Sentence Finisher

    A worksheet with incomplete written sentences about the 5 senses. Students colour, cut, match and paste the correct 5 senses image to cor...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Five Senses Sort

    Table of the 5 senses with jumbled images related to each sense. After a class discussion on the senses, and used in conjunction with the...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Five Senses Poster - Girl Version

    A poster with labelled external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.   

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Five Senses Poster - Boy Version

    A poster with labelled external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.   

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Five Senses - Girl Version

    Label the external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.  This can be used as part of science or to introduce students t...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Five Senses - Boy Version

    Label the external features of the body that are related to the 5 senses.  This can be used as part of science or to introduce students to...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    My Flying Insect

    Explore the world of flying insects with this interactive resource. Students will create their own flying insect models and learn about thei...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Land and Water Animal Sort

    Engage students in an exploration of different habitats with this interactive resource.

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Healthy Habitats

    Promote environmental awareness and conservation with this resource focused on healthy habitats.

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Beach, Bush and Backyard Habitats

    Discover the wonders of diverse habitats with this comprehensive resource. Students will explore the unique characteristics and biodiversity...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Beach Animals

    Immerse students in the fascinating world of beach animals with this captivating resource. From crabs to seagulls, students will learn about...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Beach, Bush and Backyard Page Border

    Enhance visual presentations and displays with this decorative page border featuring a beach, bush, and backyard theme.

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Beach, Bush and Backyard Animal Sort

    Encourage students to explore animal diversity across different habitats with this interactive sorting activity. Students will categorise an...

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  • Resource Year: F 1

    Changing the Colours of Flowers

    Students will conduct an experiment where they learn about the functions of the parts of a flowering plant. 

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    A Sunflower

    Colour the sunflower and label it as part of your study of Living Things.

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    External Features Of Animals

    This resource provides a visual reference for the external features of animals from various habitats, including animals found in the backyar...

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  • Resource Year: 1 3 4 5

    Environment / Habitat Posters - Descriptive

    This set of habitat posters features 9 different types of environments found in Australia with an extensive list of descriptive words that c...

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  • Resource Year: 1 3 4 5

    Habitat Posters

    This set of habitat posters features 9 different types of environments found in Australia. Students will investigate and describe the import...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Nocturnal & Diurnal - Animal Sorting

    Students will sort nocturnal and diurnal animals as part of their studies on the different places that living things live, and how they adap...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Mini Beasts - Backyard Critters

    This set of posters identifies the common external features of animals.   It includes: ant bee butterfly cicada earthworm frog sn...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Parts of Plants

    Plants live in a variety of environments, but share similar needs. These charts label some common parts of different types of plants.

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  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Parts of Animals and People

    This set of charts depicts common observable features of animals and people.

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Land and Water Animals

    Living things live in places where their needs are met, such as land and water.

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  • 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...

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  • Resource Year: 1 3 4

    Vertebrates

    This set of information sheets were created by request and features mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians & fish.

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  • 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...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Invertebrates - Roles

    This resource consists of 5 pages, each detailing the value of invertebrates and the important role they play in our environment.

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  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Invertebrates - Types

    This resource provides labelled features and examples of various types of invertebrates including: insects, molluscs, myriapods, arachnids,...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Minibeast Flashcards

    There are 54 flashcards in this set covering a wide variety of minibeasts with a photograph to support each name. There are loads of creepy...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Parts of a Flower

    These charts label each of the parts of a flower and include worksheets to help students consolidate this knowledge.

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  • Resource Year: 1 4

    Parts of an Insect Chart

    This chart clearly labels all the parts of an insect.

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