This is a worksheet on this material suitable for students.
This online resource allows teachers to create word puzzles.
The resource is free to use and allows teachers to test their students' vocabulary on a subject through their solving various different types of puzzles that use the subject domain's terminology.
This downloadable resource involves an activity that investigates the densities of rocks.
The resources include a worksheet detailing an experiment to measure the densities of rock samples from the lithosphere and mantle to verify that 'slab pull' is the dominant force driving the movement of tectonic plates (a separate copy with example answers is also provided) along with teacher notes in the form of an original published article.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U03 (Year 8), AC9S8U04 (Year 8)
This online resource helps younger students differentiate between pushes and pulls.
The resource is a worksheet designed to be used with Foundation Year students. The students are presented with 6 objects or events and are required to identify, discuss, and record whether each is an example of pushing or pulling.
New Australian Curriculum Code: AC9S1U03 (Year 1)
An online resource to help reinforce the concepts of the rock cycle.
The resource provides a worksheet that gets students to create a flowchart of the rock cycle using cut-out cards.
The cards are included with the resource.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U04 (Year 8)
This downloadable resource is worksheet on animal adaptation.
The worksheet is designed to illustrate the structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations of turtles that enable them to survive in their environment.
All data was collected by a biology teacher working in turtle conservation in Malaysia.
This worksheet can be used to illustrate a concept, or as an assessment tool.
This downloadable resource explores redox reactions in a real-world context.
The worksheet allow students to explore how redox reactions might be used in accelerating the growth of artificial reefs.
Students use the reactivity series of metals to determine possible anodes and cathodes required to set up a reef.
This idea is being explored in Malaysia in order to build reefs to protect marine wildlife.
This worksheet could be used alone, or as part of a unit exploring the applications of chemistry.
This downloadable worksheet is an environment-related data analysis activity.
The worksheet uses data for turtle hatching rates gathered by teachers visiting Malaysia in 2014.
Students can analyse the data to determine the average numbers of eggs laid and percentage of hatchling emerging from the eggs.
As part of the worksheet, students are required to draw a graph that compares the success rate of old and new hatcheries.&
This resource is used to reinforce how basic skills in mathematics are used in scientific research.
This downloadable resource is a student worksheet investigating smoke detectors.
Students can carry out their own research to find the answers to the questions posed on the sheet.
Sample answers are also provided.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U06 (Year 9)
This downloadable resource looks at the Hubble constant.
The resource is a data analysis task where students plot the velocity of receding galaxies against their distance from Earth to obtain a value for the Hubble constant.
The students are then asked to convert this value into the age of the Universe and answer some other questions. Answers are also provided.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U03 (Year 10)
This downloadable resource investigates the Hertzsprung Russell Diagram.
The resource is a student data analysis task designed to teach students about the Hertzsprung Russell Diagram.
In this task, the absolute magnitude and spectral class for the 25 brightest stars in the night sky are listed.
The task is for students to plot this data to produce their own H-R diagram and answer some questions about it.
Answers are included.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U03 (Year 10)
