This downloadable resource shows mankind's effect on a river.
The resource is a MS Word document that has been adapted from a more complex story to be relatable to younger students. It is the story of a clean river as it flows downstream past farmland, hobby farmers, industry, and demonstrates how these activities contribute to pollution and waste.
This online resource deals with the reactivity of metal ions in solution.
The resource details an activity where students identify metals based on their reactivity with other metal ions in solution, a process often used in the mining industry to extract valuable metals.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U06 (Year 10), AC9S10U07 (Year 10)
This online resource investigates the activity series of metals.
The resource details a laboratory activity where students investigate the displacement of four metals to determine the activity series for those metals.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U06 (Year 10), AC9S10U07 (Year 10)
This online resource details an investigation into reaction rates.
The resource is a web page which details an experiment where the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between sodium thiosulfate and hydrochloric acid is investigated.
The web page contains a lesson plan along with teaching tips and a student worksheet.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U07 (Year 10)
This online resource helps students to investigate the catalytic effect.
The resource details an activity where students investigate the catalytic effect of different metals in solution and how they affect the speed of a reaction.
The resource contains a lesson plan, with teaching tips, and a student worksheet.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U07 (Year 10)
This online resource demonstrates the expansion of the Universe.
A balloon is marked with dots to represent different galaxies and as the balloon is inflated the distances between the galaxies and a 'home' galaxy are measured.
The relationship, that has become known as 'Hubble's Law', is further investigated by processing concrete numerical results.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U03 (Year 10)
This online resource explores the principles of chromatography.
The resource is a student hands-on activity that demonstrates that inks are made up of different compounds that can be seen using a simple form of chromatography.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S7U05 (Year 7), AC9S7U06 (Year 7)
This online resource investigates the Earth's spheres, with emphasis on water.
The site gives students an understanding of the Earth’s four environmental spheres (ie., the biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and atmosphere) and how they are connected.
This activity is the introductory experience to a series of lessons about water resources on Earth. Students can investigate the previously mentioned Earth systems by making observations in nature and identifying the systems in the natural world.
This online resource looks at the study of evolutionary processes.
The resource is a virtual lab that helps teach students the skills of data collection and analysis through the study of evolutionary processes.
It includes three experiments in which students collect and analyze data using photographs of living stickleback fish specimens and fossil specimens.
This downloadable resource details an activity involving Mendelian inheritance.
The resource is an MS Word document containing the details for an activity in which students investigate the result of crossing two plants heterozygous for pigment.
This investigation:
