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Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding / Chemical sciences

Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties; these properties can influence their use (VCSSU060)

Properties and Uses of Materials Subject Based Preview Unit
Chemistry Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will complete a pretest about materials and their properties.
Developing My Presentation · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will select a performance of understanding and develop a presentation to show what they have learnt during this learning sequence.
Chemistry Glossary · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence.
Nonsense Object Creative Writing · Learning Opportunities Your students will use their understanding of materials and their properties to write a narrative.
Creating a Board Game · Learning Opportunities Your students will participate in a properties scavenger hunt and they will design a board game using the properties of different objects.
Investigating Absorbency · Learning Opportunities Your students will test a range of materials to observe their absorbency.
Design a Mop · Learning Opportunities Your students will use their understanding of materials and their properties to design a mop.
Egg Drop Challenge: Designing Our Device · Learning Opportunities Your students will use their understanding of materials and their properties to design a device that will protect an egg from a fall.
Egg Drop Challenge: Building Our Device · Learning Opportunities Your students will use their Egg Drop Device Design to build their Egg Drop Device.
Egg Drop Challenge: Testing and Evaluating · Learning Opportunities Your students will share, test and evaluate the success of their Egg Drop Device.

Forces and Functions Discovery Preview Unit
Experimenting with Friction · Learning Opportunities Your students will use a tennis ball, a shoe and a slide to experiment with friction.

Our Island Home Connections Preview Unit
Scientific Connections: Thermal Conductivity · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about thermal conductivity as they experiment with different materials.