Level 5
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
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Light and Shadow - Design an Experiment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of light and fair testing.
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What is Light?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will research the concept of light and generate a list of statements that can be tested.
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Knowing Matters!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how knowledge of states of matter and their changes can help inform practices and decision making.
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Changing States of Matter
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the way solids, liquids and gases change in different situations.
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What's the Matter?
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Diagram of the Solar System
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Electricity Explained
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of energy transfer and transformation when generating electricity.
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Transforming Energy Into Electricity
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how moving air and water can turn turbines to generate electricity.
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Wired Up! - Building Electrical Circuits
A 60 minute lesson in which students will read and draw circuit diagrams.
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Reflecting Light
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use mirrors to investigate some of the properties of reflected light.
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Slime - Solid, Liquid or Gas?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will recognise that not all substances can be easily classified on the basis of their observable properties.
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Gases
A 60 minute lesson in which students will observe that gases have mass and take up space.
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Liquids
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the observable characteristics of liquids and how they behave in different ways.
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Solids
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the observable characteristics of solids and how they behave in different ways.
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Matter Matters!
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Sisters of the Solar System - The Jovian Planets
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Solar Electricity
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of solar panels and determine if they are a viable source of electricity.
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Shine Bright, Electric Light!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how changes to electrical circuits affect their components.
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Natural Disasters Inquiry Task - Introduction
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Natural Disasters Safety Poster Task
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify appropriate safety procedures for natural disaster events.
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Natural Disaster Effects and Management
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the effects of natural disasters and explore how these may be managed.
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Flood Simulation Experiment
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how town planning can reduce the impact of flooding.
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The Layers of the Earth
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the characteristics of the earth's internal layers.
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Animal Adaptations Inquiry Task - Introduction
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Interpreting the Night Sky
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A Star, Some Planets and More!
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The Scale of the Solar System
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Sisters of the Solar System - The Terrestrial Planets
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Earth - Third Rock From Sun
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The Sun - Solar System Central
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Natural Disasters Inquiry Task - Presenting
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Feeling the Flow - Electrical Conductors and Insulators
A 60 minute lesson in which students will classify objects as conductors or insulators of electricity.