Full Science Curriculum: 36 Lesson Plans + 3 Summative Assessments and 25 Additional Hands-On Learning Tasks/ Experiments (Year 1)

These Science (Biological, Physical and Earth & Space Sciences) lessons offer: 36 hands-on lessons + 3 Summative Assessments (incl. marking rubric) and 25 Additional Hands-On Learning Tasks/ Experiments (Year 1)
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Earth & Space Sciences:
Covering: AC9S1U02 - describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life.

Physical Sciences:
Covering: AC9S1U03 - describe pushes and pulls in terms of strength and direction and predict the effect of these forces on objects’ motion and shape.

Biological Sciences:
AC9S1U01 - identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or
shelter, and describe how the places they live in meet those needs.

General:
Covering: AC9S1H01 - describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions.
Covering: AC9S1I01 - pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences.
Covering: AC9S1I02 - suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions.
Covering: AC9S1I03- make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate.
Covering: AC9S1I04 - sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models.
Covering: AC9S1I05 - compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance.
Covering: AC9S1I06 - write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary.

Including: hands-on activities, explicit teaching content, formative assessment options, differentiation strategies, extension tasks, summative assessment (incl. marking rubric), cross curriculum opportunities, early career education options, outdoor learning opportunities and materials needed (per lesson).