Classroom Resources

An invertebrate diversity study which apprentices students into scientific techniques and introduces them to current research.

Students solve an eco mystery by following up clues as to who is polluting a waterway.

Several teachers show how they implemented selected units from the Department's 'Science and Technology K - 6 Units of work Parts 1 and 2', and how they adapted this resource in their own school setting. This article originally appeared in the Primary Curriculum Directorate newsletter 1997 (Vol 2, No 4).

Through my window is a simple and engaging e-mail activity designed to allow students to communicate about their world through words and images.

Students are given 24 clues relating to a theme, which describe 4 different animals.

• Audio/ Visual presentation (Word 21kb)
• Bubbles (Word 131kb)
• Built Environments - Climate Protection (Word 30kb)
• Built Environments - Local Buildings (Word 30kb)
• Built Environments - School Buildings (Word 30kb)
• Conducting an investigation (Word 23kb)
• CSIRO Science Education Centre programs (ES1)***
• Energy Sources for Toys (Word 30kb)
• Energy Transfers (Word 25kb)
• Investigating Toys (Word 37kb)
• Let's decorate (Word 23kb)
• Living Things - Farm to Table (Word 30kb)
• Living Things - Grow and Change (Word 29kb)
• Living Things - Habitat (Word 29kb)
• Observing Living Things - Appearance (Word 54kb)
• Senses - Animals (Word 26kb)
• Senses - Identifying and Protecting (Word 54kb)
• Time and Earth - Time (Word 34kb)
• Weather (Word 31kb)