This online resource explores the science involved in dams.
The resource examines the forces involved and includes background information, student worksheets and step-by-step instructions to help students build model dams.
New Australian Curriculum 9 Codes: AC9S4U03 (Year 4)
This online resource looks at herd immunity to epidemics.
The resource provides worksheets and step-by-step instructions for a student activity studying immunity to epidemics that is found in herds of animals.
In this activity, students can identify which vaccinated individuals in a social network would result in the most effective herd immunity.
The activity relies on the students running multiple simulations and assessing the effectiveness of their strategies.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U01 (Year 9)
This activity outline examines the different variables that affect plant growth.
The resource gives step-by-step instructions for a long-term student activity investigating the growth of corn plants to be used as an economic biofuel.
The resource contains teacher background notes, student worksheets.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S5U01 (Year 5), AC9S6U01 (Year 6), AC9S8U01 (Year 8), AC9S8U02 (Year 8)
This activity shows how materials can affect our hearing.
The resource describes an hands-on activity where students can design and create noise-cancelling headphones from a variety of materials.
The resource provides teacher background notes, worksheets and step-by-step instructions.
New Australian Curriculum 9 Codes: AC9S2U02 (Year 2), AC9S4U04 (Year 4)
This online resource show how to make a simple conductivity tester.
The resource has teacher background notes, worksheets and step-by-step instructions on how to make a simple conductivity tester using a battery and light bulb.
This activity is designed to teach the difference between electrical conductors and insulators.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S6U03 (Year 6)
This hands-on activity investigates the different characteristics of materials.
The resource gives instructions for a hands-on activity where students can examine different types of fabrics and learn about their different characteristics.
Using magnifying glasses and sandpaper, students can test and observe the weave and wear quality of fabric samples. By comparing the qualities of different fabrics, they can come to understand why so many different types of fabric exist and are able to recognize and suggest different uses for them.
This online resource looks at technologies that unblock clogged blood vessels.
Following the steps of the engineering design process and acting as biomedical engineers, student teams can use everyday materials to design and develop devices and approaches to unclogging blood vessels. Through this open-ended design project, they learn about the circulatory system, biomedical engineering, and conditions that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
This online resource investigates Newton's second law of motion.
In this resource, details are given for a hands-on activity where students make a catapult to learn about Newton's second law of motion.
This online resource teaches students about what happens to buried rubbish.
Students bury various pieces of rubbish in a plotted area of land. After two to three months, they uncover the rubbish to investigate what types of materials biodegrade in soil.
This online resource looks at electromagnetism.
The resource gives instructions for a hands-on activity where students learn about electromagnets through designing their own to achieve a set goal.
The students begin with only minimal guidance, and after the basic concept is understood, are informed of the properties that affect the strength of that magnet. They conclude by designing their own electromagnets to complete the challenge of separating scrap steel from scrap aluminium for recycling, and then share their findings with the class.
