This online resource is an interactive which helps students to understand the size of everything in the universe from the very largest super galaxies down to the smallest subatomic particles.
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Publication Date: 23 February 2016
Type of Resources: Weblink
Australian Curriculum:
Publication Date: 23 February 2016
This downloadable document is an ASSIST Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for demonstrating the reaction of group 1 alkali metals (i.e., lithium and sodium) with water.
Type of Resources: Standard Operating Procedure
Publication Date: 19 February 2016
This online resource is a 5-minute video that describes and explains the ways in which some seeds develop and grow into plants.
Type of Resources: Video/animation
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 4 > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences > Living things have life cycles > ACSSU072
Publication Date: 19 February 2016
This online resource is a 4-minute video which can be used to support Year 4 students' understandings of the life cycle and the development of an echidna from birth to adulthood.
Type of Resources: Video/animation
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 4 > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences > Living things have life cycles > ACSSU072
Publication Date: 09 February 2016
This downloadable ASSIST Information Sheet (AIS) is intended to serve as a general guideline when selecting, using and inspecting (maintaining) stepladders in school science areas.
Type of Resources: Information Sheet
Publication Date: 08 February 2016
This online resource investigates the problems facing the island nation of Kirabati as a consequence of rising sea levels.
Type of Resources: Lesson Plan
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Communicating > Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose,... > ACSIS208
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Evaluating > Evaluate conclusions, including identifying sources of uncertainty and possible... > ACSIS205
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Analyse patterns and trends in data, including describing relationships between... > ACSIS203
- Year 10 > Science Understanding > Earth and Space Sciences > Global systems, including the carbon cycle, rely on interactions involving the... > ACSSU189
- Year 10 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Use and influence of science > People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims,... > ACSHE194
Publication Date: 01 February 2016
This online resource is an ASSIST Connected Learning Experience (CLE) to help teach Year 6 students the concepts of environmental adaptation.
Type of Resources: Practical activity/investigation
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Communicating > Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations... > ACSIS110
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Planning and conducting > Decide which variable should be changed and measured in fair tests and... > ACSIS104
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Planning and conducting > Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer... > ACSIS105
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Planning and conducting > Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer... > ACSIS103
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations > ACSIS221
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to... > ACSIS107
- Year 6 > Science Inquiry Skills > Questioning and Predicting > With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific... > ACSIS232
- Year 6 > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences > The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical... > ACSSU094
- Year 6 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Nature and development of science > Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to... > ACSHE098
- Year 6 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Use and influence of science > Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and... > ACSHE220
Publication Date: 19 January 2016
This online resource gives details on an activity that investigates the advantages and disadvantages of vaccination against Ebola.
Type of Resources: Lesson Plan
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 9 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent... > ACSIS170
- Year 9 > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences > Multi-cellular organisms rely on coordinated and interdependent internal... > ACSSU175
- Year 9 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Use and influence of science > People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims,... > ACSHE160
Publication Date: 19 January 2016
This online resource gives details for a sequence of two lessons that focus on climate change and its effects.
Students examine scientific evidence using an inquiry approach.
Type of Resources: Lesson Plan
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Communicating > Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose,... > ACSIS208
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Evaluating > Critically analyse the validity of information in primary and secondary sources... > ACSIS206
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Evaluating > Evaluate conclusions, including identifying sources of uncertainty and possible... > ACSIS205
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Analyse patterns and trends in data, including describing relationships between... > ACSIS203
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent... > ACSIS204
- Year 10 > Science Inquiry Skills > Questioning and Predicting > Formulate questions or hypotheses that can be investigated scientifically > ACSIS198
- Year 10 > Science Understanding > Earth and Space Sciences > Global systems, including the carbon cycle, rely on interactions involving the... > ACSSU189
- Year 10 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Use and influence of science > People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims,... > ACSHE195
- Year 10 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Use and influence of science > People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims,... > ACSHE194
Publication Date: 23 December 2015
This online resource is an ASSIST Connected Learning Experience (CLE) to help teach Year 7s astronomy concepts using the example of Earth's moon.
Type of Resources: Practical activity/investigation
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 7 > Science Inquiry Skills > Communicating > Communicate ideas, findings and evidence-based solutions to problems using... > ACSIS133
- Year 7 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and... > ACSIS130
- Year 7 > Science Inquiry Skills > Questioning and Predicting > Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and... > ACSIS124
- Year 7 > Science Understanding > Earth and Space Sciences > Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by... > ACSSU115
- Year 7 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Nature and development of science > Scientific knowledge has changed people's understanding of the world and is... > ACSHE119