Science as a Human Endeavour
Based on the Australian Curriculum, Science as a Human Endeavour in Science Year 1 includes:
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Scientists and What They Do Worksheet Pack
Help your students learn what a scientist is and what scientists do with a set of printable science worksheets for early learners.
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What Do Scientists Do? Teaching Slides
Discover what scientists do, the tools they use, and more with our 'What Do Scientists Do?' Teaching Presentation.
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Sound Research Science Experiment for Kids
Immerse your students in an auditory adventure, exploring sound energy with this engaging experiment.
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Scientific Investigation Skills Worksheet
Help students begin the process of a scientific investigation with an introduction to the scientific method activity sheet.
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Things That Stretch, Bend and Twist – Sorting Activity
Introduce your students to physical changes in materials with a stretch, bend and twist material sorting activity.
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Earth Day - Acrostic Poem Template Pack
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month.
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Chemical Sciences: Clever Changes – Teaching Presentation
A 56-slide teaching presentation introducing facts about different chemical changes to different materials.
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Spot the Stretchy Difference – Worksheet
A spot the difference worksheet designed to help students recognise materials that have been stretched.
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Science Experiment - Will It Change?
A science investigation in which the students observe changes that occur to various objects over time.
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Science Experiment - Line Up the Light!
A science experiment which explores how light travels.
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Types of Physical Change - Science Sort
Sort examples of physical changes with a printable Types of Physical Change Science Sort.
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Describing Matter - Scavenger Hunt Activities
Host an engaging science scavenger hunt to introduce your early years students to the observable properties of matter.
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What's Bending – Worksheet
A worksheet designed for students to use their knowledge and understanding of objects and if they bend.
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The Science Behind Shaping Pretzels – Worksheet
A worksheet to order an illustrated procedure about how to make a pretzel using scientific actions.
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The Science Behind Shaping Pretzels
An illustrated procedure about how to make a pretzel using scientific actions.
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Freedom of Choice PowerPoint - Developing Scientific Lines of Questioning
A teaching presentation discussing the development of scientific lines of questioning.
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Light Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive set of posters, activities and worksheets related to the concept of light.
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Chemical Sciences: Clever Changes – Unit Plan
This Chemical Sciences unit investigates the physical changes of materials and how properties change when materials stretch, bend, twist, heat or cool. Students predict how materials will vary and whether they can be returned to their original state.
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Light and Sound Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concepts of light and sound and how they are sensed.
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Changes I Can See!
This Earth and Space Sciences unit explores how and why changes occur in the sky and landscape, and develops students' ability to describe these changes in their local environment.
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Marvellous Materials
A 60-minute lesson in which students recap their prior knowledge of materials and their physical features.
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Are You Getting Hot or Cold?
A 60-minute lesson designed to summarise the physical changes that occur when things stretch, bend, twist, heat and cool.
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Stretch, Bend and Twist – I Think You've Got the Gist
A 60-minute lesson designed for students to use their knowledge of materials to predict and identify whether materials stretch, bend or twist.
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What Will Change?
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Sound Research
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how sound travels.
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Line Up the Light
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if light travels in a straight line.
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Sensational Stretching
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can be stretched.
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Brilliant Bending
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can bend.
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Terrific Twisting
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials can be twisted.
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Handy Heating
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials change when they are heated.
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Choice Cooling
A 60-minute lesson designed to explain how certain materials change when they are cooled.
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Assessment: Chemical Science – Clever Changes
A 30-minute assessment designed to assess students' ability to describe physical changes in materials.