Stage 2
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Heat Energy Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive set of posters, activities and worksheets related to the concept of heat energy.
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Australian Animals Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive resource pack of posters, worksheets and activities for teaching Australian animals.
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Living in the Material World - Examining Natural and Processed Materials
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine and understand the differences between natural and processed materials and their uses.
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Material World Unit Plan
This Chemical Sciences unit investigates natural and processed materials. Demonstrations and experimental procedures are explored with particular attention given to the scientific method.
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The Heat is On Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concept of heat energy, including heat sources, heat transfer, thermal conductors and thermal insulators.
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Thermal Insulators - Keeping Out the Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate which materials are the best thermal insulators.
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And Further On - Research Into the Environmental Impact of Certain Materials
A 60 minute lesson in which students will be introduced to a research task for them to undertake about a material of their choosing.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technologies Assessment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of occupations and sustainability in technologies.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technologies Unit Plan
This Technology unit has been designed to investigate the role that technology plays in occupations within the community. Additionally, it introduces and explores the concept of sustainability.
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Vital Vegetation
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the different ways that vegetation can be beneficial.
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Working Scientifically Knowledge Check
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of how to work scientifically.
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Science Experiment - Suck It Up!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate materials and their absorptive properties through a scientific investigation.
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Natural Science - How Do People Use Natural Materials?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of natural materials by humans throughout history.
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Sustainability in the Community
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of key vocabulary commonly used in relation to sustainability.
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The History of Technology in Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how technology has been used within occupations throughout history.
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Occupations Using Technologies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how technological devices are used within occupations in the community.
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Reinforcing 8-bit Coding
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop confidence in identifying and exploring coding data.
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What is a Fair Test? (Middle Years)
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Exploring Plants
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the importance of natural vegetation to animals and people.
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Now I Understand - Building a Solid Conclusion for an Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to build solid scientific conclusions for experiments.
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What's the Use? - Developing a Hypothesis to Investigate
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to develop an effective hypothesis for scientific investigations.
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Freedom of Choice - Developing Scientific Lines of Questioning
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn how to develop scientific lines of questioning to initiate a scientific investigation.
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Fake Plastic Trees - A Demonstration Comparing Properties of Natural and Processed Materials
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare the properties of natural and processed materials through a demonstration.
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Plastic and Concrete - How Do People Use Processed Materials?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the ways humans produce and use processed materials.
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Sustainability in Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investiagate why occupations within the community need to be sustainable.
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Technology - Friend or Foe?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine the ways in which technology can both help and hinder our lives.
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Life Changing Technologies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the positive ways in which technology can change lives.
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Technology and Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the need for technology within occupations in the community.
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Defining Terms - Technology and Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore and define the terms 'technology' and 'occupations'.
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Sources of Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify kinetic, electrical and chemical sources of heat energy.
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The Heat is On
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of heat energy and how it moves.
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Thermal Conductors - Feel the Heat
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate which materials are the best thermal conductors.