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The students were taken on a discovery tour of our Australian school bushland to identify evidence of animal habitats. The students had to circle ‘yes’ of ‘no’ as to whether there was evidence that the depicted animals lived in the bushland. We then returned to discuss their findings. This resource could be used in any Australian school yard or alternatively take your students on an excursion to a local park.

Part One Commence the lesson sharing the story of the ‘little house with no doors or windows but with a star inside’. If you Google the story you will find plenty of versions on the internet. Part Two In this investigation each student is given one half of an apple and a ruler. The students complete the following tasks about the apple Label your drawing with these words leaf stem core flesh skin seed My apple has _____________ seeds. My apple is __________ high. My apple is ____________wide. Write two sentences describing your apple. Part Three Investigation - What can you put on an apple to stop it from turning brown? Students conduct their own investigation with an apple to see which liquid is best at preventing it from turning brown.

This bundle is a set of Manager, Speaker and Director badge inserts that can fit into plastic name holders. The document is in Word so that you can adjust the outlines to fit your name holders.

For this investigation you will need to collect a very small amount of beach sand from your closest beach. Place some beach sand in very shallow trays. The students will be making a ‘sticky tape’ slide and then observe their slide under a microscope or magnifiers. There are ten slides in this resource which will guide the students into understand the components of beach sand and how it contains carbonate and no carbonate materials. The highlight is using drops of vinegar into a sample of beach sand and making observations to see if there is a reaction.

This is a design activity with the final goal making a set of shoes made from a variety of everyday materials. The students will test the following materials in this investigation. wood plastic sponge fabric cardboard There are 4 tests for the students to conduct. Investigation 1 - Heating and cooling Test each material by holding it against different surfaces for 1 minute and recording findings in a table. Investigation 2 -Friction Rub the material against different surfaces such as carpet, grass and paving for 1 minute to see if there is an effect on the material. Investigation 3 - Force Set a timer for 1 minute while standing on the material. Describe the material after standing on it. Investigation 4 - Water Immerse the material in water for 1 minute and recording findings in a table. To conclude the investigation the students share their findings and decide on the best materials to use to make their set of shoes.

To use this resource firstly print off slides 2- 12. There are 10 stations. You will need to provide the materials at each station for the students complete the investigations. Here is what you need to prepare Slide 2 Iron filings and sand - in a tray add sand and a few spoons of iron filings. Students use a magnet to collect the iron filings. Slide 3 Fizzing tablet and water - glass of water and a fizzing tablet such as Aspro Clear. Slide 4 Inflate a balloon with vinegar - bottle, measuring cups, funnels, balloon, vinegar, bicarb soda. Slide 5 Glowsticks - 2 glow sticks, 2 large beakers, 2 thermometers, 2 pieces of black card, icy cold water from the fridge, hot water from a kettle. Slide 5 Burning candle - candle, large glass jar, matches. Slide 6 Autumn leaves - a tray of autumn leaves, crayons, lithograph paper Slide 7 Melting ice investigation - 2 petri dishes, ice cubes, salt, measuring spoons. Slide 8 Milk and lemon juice - lemon juice, pipette, milk, glass beaker. Slide 9 Investigating nails - 2 trays of nails (rusted and not rusted). Slide 10 Plasticine - various colours of plasticine. Slide 11 Chalk - various colours of chalk, paper Print the recording sheet on Slide 12. Or you can purchase the recording sheet as a seperate product from my store. Allocate the students to the different stations and allow them to complete the investigation and record their findings on the worksheet. Gather students together to share findings. If you have time rotate students to another station. Gather students together and conclude by sharing the Conclusions on the PowerPoint.

This is a set of PowerPoint slide to guide your students to investigate viscosity. Each team will need the following materials one polystyrene cup with a hole in it a small container of vegetable oil a small container of honey a small container of water. Newspaper to collect the mess timers The students will take turn to pour each liquid into the cup and time how long it takes for the liquid to exit the cup.

This is a powerpoint to guide students in an investigation on melting 4 different materials such as a small piece of cheese small piece of butter 4 choc buttons a metal bolt The powerpoint slides include the components of ‘fair testing’, developing an investigation question, a list of materials, how to set up the investigation and a slide of review questions

Students will investigate the following question ‘How much soil is blown away when we use a straw to blow consistently on a landscape for 20 seconds?’ Students will take two containers and using a spoon fill each container to the top with soil from the garden. Then leave one container ‘dry’ and use a spray bottle to ‘dampen’ the soil in the second container so that it is moist. Students will weigh the dry soil and record the weight. To conduct the investigation one student places the dry container at the end of an A3 piece of paper and sets the timer to 20 seconds. The student places the tip of the straw at one end of the container and blows across the soil landscape for 20 seconds. They are modelling the effect of a strong wind. The student weighs the container a second time (after blowing) and records the weight Now repeat for the second (moist) container. The powerpoint explains how to conduct this activity and includes review questions.

This resource includes a powerpoint presentation to guide students as they investigate water with their fives senses. Some of the activities include shining a torch onto the cup of water and dropping a marble into the cup of water. Included is a worksheet for the students to record their findings about water.

This worksheet guides students as they work in teams to investigate the different properties of rocks. Each team is given a rock and worksheet. You will need th following materials to conduct the tests magnifiers digital scales tape measure water and pipette scissors torch vinegar and eye dropper

This investigation provides students with a hands-on experience to demonstrate how gravity separated the planets. Students work in teams to conduct and record findings in a fair test investigation to demonstrate how the planets were separated in the Solar System. Each team fills three plastic cups with sand, rocks and water. The students take turns to gently tap each cup with equal force and then measure how far the contents spread. Students record their findings and data on the worksheet. The students use the data to construct a column graph. Final slide includes review questions.

Delight your students with this chemical and physical changes quiz. Students can work in teams or individually to answer 10 quiz questions. The questions are presented on slides with images. Here is the answer key Perfume evaporating on your skin - physical. Butter melting - physical. Digesting food - chemical. Burning fuel in a lawnmower - this one is NOT a physical change. burn (combustion) - chemical, crumble - physical, melt - physical, rust - chemical, crush - physical, freeze - physical, grind - physical, rot - chemical Fogging a mirror with your breath - physical. Mending a broken bone - chemical. Paper ripping - physical. Glass cracking when placed in cold water - physical. Slicing potatoes to cook fries - physical

There are 8 slides in this PowerPoint. The students are encouraged to look closely at a variety of images and make observations about the ancient rock art from different regions of Australia.

This resource is a powerpoint to teach students about the different ways that fish move and what their bodies are covered in. Teachers could use this tool in several ways as a factual text with each student choosing one species and conducting their own research about their chosen fish. drawing a detailed picture of the fish with annotations. teachers could get their students to draw a table in their Science Journals and use the information in the slides to classify different feature for each fish eg how is the body covered, how does it move, where is it found (in rock pools or deep ocean) etc.

To conduct this investigation with your class you will need two varieties of fish scales from two different species. This is so the students can compare two of the four main types of fish scale. You can remove my images of herring and perch and replace with fish species that suit the ocean or waterways where you live. The students will conduct their investigation and record their findings by drawing a detailed picture of their fish scale and identifying important features such as •shape, •thickness •colour •size After careful observation of their fish scale under a microscope the students should be able to compare their scale to the diagrams on the powerpoint and be able to identify if the scale is placoid, ganoid, ctenoid or cycloid.

This is an interactive investigation where the students are taken to a bushland setting in Perth Western Australia or have access to a bushland area on their school site. The students use the worksheet to guide their investigation about the Noongar season of Birak which occurs in December/January. There are several Noongar Six Season posters that can be purchased or found online. I purchased mine from SERCUL in Beckenham. Follow this link to my website for some detailed information about Birak. https://thescienceworkshop.weebly.com/birak.html

Students were shown this powerpoint of rain images to stimulate a discussion about their experiences of rain. The focus question was - what happens when rain falls on different surfaces?

I teach a small group of students once a week and they work independently in teams of two to plan and conduct their own Science Inquiry question. to conclude the parents are invited to a presentation morning. The students prepare their own powerpoint presentations about their project. This powerpoint is a gude to setting up their presentations so that all components to their project are covered in the final presentation.

Take students on a walk around the school to investigate what objects are made of and whether they are HOT or not when in the Sun