Educational

This online resource investigates electrical switches.

The resource is a lesson plan for a hands-on activity where students test a range of materials to determine if they make good switches.

The resource includes downloadable worksheets to enable students to easily record their results and answer questions.

Plenty of background information is provided for the teacher so as to make this a very thorough lesson.

Answers to questions posed to students are given throughout the lesson plan in brackets. Ideas for assessment and extension are also included.

This online resource looks at electrical conductivity.

The resource provides a lesson plan for a hands-on activity where students build a conductivity tester to explore the difference between electrical conductors and insulators.

Details on how to build the conductivity tester from a battery, light bulb and wires are provided. The resource also lists a number of solid and liquid substances that can be tested to determine if they are conductors or insulators.

This online teaching resource supports Foundation Year students learning about weather.

The resource is an inquiry-based teaching unit that outlines tasks and activities which promote the use of students' senses when observing, describing and recording local weather conditions.

It includes lesson plans, student worksheets and other resources that support its implementation.

New Australian Curriculum Code: AC9S1U02 (Year 1)

This online resource looks at series electrical circuits.

The resource provides details for a practical activity where students build a simple series circuit and discover the properties associated with this type of circuit.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S6U03 (Year 6), AC9S9U04 (Year 9)

This online resource investigates the conductivity of salt water.

The resource gives details for a practical activity where students build a saltwater circuit; an electrical circuit that uses salt water as a conductor in the circuit.

Students can investigate the conductivity of salt water, and develop an understanding of how the amount of salt in a solution impacts on how much electrical current flows through the circuit.

They can also learn about one real-world application of a saltwater circuit—a desalination plant.

This online resource introduces student to electrical circuits.

The resource give details on a teacher demonstration where students are introduced to electrical circuits through a set of Christmas lights. The students can then build simple circuits using batteries, wires and light bulbs.

The students can then examine how electricity is conducted through a light bulb using a battery as a power source. Students can also observe the differences between series and parallel circuits by building each type and relate the Christmas tree lights to the circuits they have built.

This online resource looks at how to use scientific models effectively.

Research shows that teachers who understand possible student misconceptions are better able to support student learning.

This resource deals with how the use effective use of scientific models can help guide student predictions and give explanations.

This unit of work explores water catchment, water distribution, and the uses of water.

This inquiry-based teaching unit outlines tasks and activities for learning about rainwater, water collection, storage, transport, access and uses of water.

It includes 8 lesson plans, student worksheets and other resources that support its implementation.

New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S1U01 (Year 1), AC9S4U02 (Year 4)

This unit of work is an introduction to the concepts of light and sound.

The resource details ways of engaging younger students so they can learn how light and sound are produced from a range of sources as well as how they can be sensed.

This inquiry-based teaching unit outlines tasks and activities that promote the use of the senses when conducting investigations into light and sound. It includes 7 lesson plans, student worksheets and other resources that support its implementation.

New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S2U02 (Year 2)

This online resource looks at plant and animal adaptation.

The resource is a Youtube video clip (3:25 mins) that discusses the how and why of plant and animal adaptations and how these improve their chances of survival in the normal environment.