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Science Observation Sheet - Blank Template
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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 record what they observe with a simple drawing and sentence, promoting visual literacy and written expression in scientific contexts.


Features:

  • Large space for a drawing
  • Scaffolded sentence starter: “What I saw...”
  • Can be used repeatedly across topics and year levels


Perfect for science journals, inquiry projects, fieldwork, or rotations.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to observe the features of plants and animals and to understand their differences.
  • We are learning to understand that the basic needs of plants and animals are air, water, food and shelter.
  • We are learning to recognise Earth is a planet in the Solar System and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky.
  • We are learning about life cycles and to sort living, non-living and once-living things based on observable features.
  • We are learning to explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships.
  • We are learning to observe the features of plants and animals and to understand their differences.
  • We are learning to understand that the Sun is our source of light, that the Earth rotates on its axis and this causes changes such as night and day.
  • We are learning to sort living, non-living things and once-living things based on observable features.
  • We are learning to understand that living things have life cycles.
  • We are learning to understand that living things depend on each other and the environment to survive, e.g. shelter for animals.

Curriculum alignment

ST2-5LW-T old Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter ST2-4LW-S old Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things ST2-2DP-T old Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity ST2-10ES-S old Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface ST2-1WS-S old Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations STe-3LW-ST old Explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things ST1-1WS-S old Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas ST1-2DP-T old Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity ST1-4LW-S old Describes observable features of living things and their environments ST1-5LW-T old Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products STe-2DP-T old Develops solutions to an identified need STe-1WS-S old Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas
VCSSU042 Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met VCSSU057 Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things VCSSU058 Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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