NESA / Science and Technology / Working Scientifically / Planning and conducting investigations

develop safe skills when using materials and equipment

The Bridge and Beyond Discovery Preview Unit

Building with Aluminium Foil · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of aluminium foil as they build a boat for their billy goats.
Building with Wood · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of wood as they build with icy-pole sticks.
Paper Corrugations · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of paper as they build a paper and cardboard bridge.
Decorating Bags · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of fabric as they decorate a bag.
Experimenting with Colour and Texture · Learning Opportunities
Your students will experiment with colour and texture to make a piece of paper look like a river.
Modelling a Goat · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of modelling clay or similar as they create a model of a billy goat.

Topsy Turvy Tales Creativity Preview Unit

Building a Puppet Theatre · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to build a puppet theatre.
Making My Puppet · Learning Opportunities
Your students will design and construct a puppet of their fairy tale character.
Improving My Puppet · Learning Opportunities
Your students are going to improve their paper plate puppet.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will demonstrate what they know about planning, creative thinking, and using different materials as they create something using craft materials.
Habit of Mind: Creating, Imagining and Innovating · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will consider how they can turn a 'mistake' into something beautiful.

The Changing World Change Preview Unit

Hide And Seek: Chameleons · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn how chameleons can change their appearance to hide in their habitat.