Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science as a Human Endeavour / Nature and development of science

Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE034)

Stimulating Science Change Preview Unit

The Concept Of Change · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be immersed into changes in the world around them.
Earth And Space: Daily Weather · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about different weather conditions as they predict the weather for the following day.
Earth And Space: Seasons And Months · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn the seasons as they sing along to the 'Seasons Song'.
Earth And Space: Celery Experiment · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what might happen if there was no freshwater as they conduct an experiment to see how plants absorb water.
Physics: Push And Pull · Learning Opportunities
Your students will explore the affects of pushing and pulling objects.
Science In Our World · Learning Opportunities
Your students will show what they have learnt during this unit as they work in pairs to find examples of science in the classroom.
Immersion · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be immersed into science as they participate in experiments.
What I Have Learnt About Science · Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will record what they have learnt during this unit.
Future Action · Future Action
Your students will consider scenarios in which they can observe things in their day-to-day lives.
Introducing The Unit · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn what they will be doing during this learning sequence.
Habit of Mind: Questioning and Posing Problems · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will practise developing 'easy thinking' questions and 'interesting thinking' questions.
Biology: Features And Needs Of Plants · Learning Opportunities
Your students will study the biology of plants as they draw a plant and identify the features and needs of plants.