Finding resources to teach your students about Australia's colonial past can be tricky. This unit, along with its accompanying powerpoint and lapbook activities, will help your students understand the reasons behind Australia's colonisation and the difficulties faced during the expansion of European settlement in Australia. It will adequately assist you in meeting the Australian Year 5 History curriculum requirements (version 8.4 and 9.0).

Help your students explore what is involved in growing their own food with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your design technology lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9TDE6K01, AC9TDE6K03, AC9TDE6K04 elements of the Australian Year 5 Design Technology curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help your students understand the process of growing food from the paddock to the plate!

Help your students explore digital systems and their function with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your digital technology lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9TDI6K01, AC9TDI6K02, AC9TDI6P07, AC9TDI6P08, AC9TDI6P09 and AC9TDI6P10 elements of the Australian Year 5 Digital Technology curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to learn online safety and computer networking.

Help your students explore and implement algorithms for programming with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your digital technology lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9TDI6P02 and AC9TDI6P05 elements of the Australian Year 5 Digital Technology curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to learn about control structures, variables and input.

Help your students explore a variety of drama elements with this completely done for you unit plan and activity bundle. Bring drama to life as the unit plan strategically walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover all elements of the Australian Year 5 Drama curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to learn and apply drama skills.

Help your students explore the world of media arts with this completely done for you unit plan and activity bundle. Bring media arts to life as the unit plan strategically walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover all elements of the Australian Year 5 Media Arts curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to use media languages and media technologies to construct representations in media arts works for specific purposes and audiences.

Help your students explore different techniques for print making with this completely done for you unit plan and activity bundle. Bring visual arts to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover all elements of the Australian Year 5 Visual Arts curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to learn and apply visual arts skills.

Help your students explore the wonderful world of mosaics with this completely done for you unit plan and activity bundle. Bring visual arts to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover all elements of the Australian Year 5 Visual Arts curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way for students to learn and apply visual arts skills.

Help your students understand the basic features of an information report with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E5LA03, AC9E5LA04, AC9E5LA05, AC9E5LA08, AC9E5LA09, AC9E5LY03, AC9E5LY05 and AC9E5LY06 elements of the Australian Year 5 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write an information report on an animal and their unique adaptations!

Help your students understand the basic features of a narrative poem with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E5LA03 , AC9E5LA08, AC9E5LE02 , AC9E5LE03 , AC9E5LE04, AC9E5LE05 and AC9E5LY07 elements of the Australian Year 5 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write a creative narrative poem to share with the class!

Help your students understand the basic features of a book report with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E5LA02, AC9E5LA03, AC9E5LA09, AC9E5LE02, AC9E5LE03, AC9E5LY01, AC9E5LY02, AC9E5LY04, AC9E5LY05, AC9E5LY06 elements of the Australian Year 5 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write a book report on their chosen fictional text!

Help your students understand the features of persuasive writing with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E5LA03 , AC9E5LA04, AC9E5LA08, AC9E5LE02, AC9E5LE03, AC9E5LY02, AC9E5LY03, AC9E5LY05 and AC9E5LY07 elements of the Australian Year 5 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write an effective persuasive piece that will convince their audience of their point of view!

Help your students understand the basic features of an historical report with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E5LA04, AC9E5LA06, AC9E5LA09, AC9E5LE01, AC9E5LE03 ,AC9E5LY02, AC9E5LY04, and AC9E5LY06 elements of the Australian Year 5 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write a historical recount on a significant colonial event or person!

Help your students understand the basic features of a narrative with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E5LA04, AC9E5LA06, AC9E5LA09, AC9E5LE04, AC9E5LE05, AC9E5LY03 and AC9E5LY06 elements of the Australian Year 5 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write a creative picture book for younger children!

Help your students understand what the observable properties of solids, liquids and gases are with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring chemical sciences to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU077 (version 8.4) and AC9S5U04 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 5 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore how adding or removing heat energy affects the particle movement in solids, liquids and gases!

Help your students understand what light is and how we see it with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring physical sciences alive as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU080 (version 8.4) and AC9S5U03 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 5 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore the properties of light!

Help your students understand how and why Earth's surface continues to change with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring earth and space sciences to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9S5U02 element of the Australian Science Year 5 curriculum version 9.0. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore the role of weathering, erosion and deposition on our Earth's changing surface.

Help your students understand how animals and plants have adapted to different environments with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring biological sciences alive as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU043 (version 8.4) and AC9S5U01 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 5 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore the amazing adaptations living things have made in order to survive!

Help your students add and subtract fractions with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N05 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to add and subtract fractions with the same or related denominators.

Help your students explore algebraic concepts with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5A01 and AC9M5A02 elements of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn about all about finding unknown values using multiplication and division facts!

Help your students better understand how to measure angles with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5M04 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to use a protractor to measure angles accurately!

Help your students explore probability with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5P01 and AC9M5P02 elements of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn about chance and experimental probability!

Help your students explore algorithms with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N10 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to create and use algorithms to generate number patterns!

Help your students better understand how to use and interpret data with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5ST01, AC9M5ST02, AC9M5ST03 elements of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to create and interpret line graphs!

Help your students understand the importance of decimals with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N01 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to read and write decimal numbers!

Help your students learn how to calculate using various division strategies with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N07 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to solve using division!

Help your students better understand factors and multiples with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N02 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to create and interpret line graphs!

Help your students compare and order fractions with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N03 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn about all about fractions!

Help your students explore grid coordinates with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5SP02 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn about all about using directions and grids!

Help your students explore mathematical modelling with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N09 and AC9M5N08 elements of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn about all about problem solving theoretical and real-life scenarios!

Help your students explore measurement with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5M01 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to choose and use appropriate metric units to measure the attributes of length, mass and capacity.

Help your students learn how to solve problems involving multi-digit multiplication with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N06 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to solve multiplication problems using larger numbers!

Help your students explore using and representing quantities with percentages with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5N03 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn about all about percentages!

Help your students learn how to calculate perimeter and area with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5M02 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to solve perimeter and area problems using regular and irregular shapes!

Help your students better understand 3D shapes and their nets with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5SP01 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians create their own nets for a variety of 3D shapes!

Help your students learn how to convert 24hr time with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5M03 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to compare time systems and apply their use in practical situations!

Help your students learn how to transform shapes with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your maths lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9M5SP03 element of the Australian Year 5 Maths curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding mathematicians learn how to describe and perform transformations of shapes!

Engage your students in meaningful discussions and delve deeper into physical and mental healthcare with this easy to implement unit designed to compliment the Year 5 and 6 Australian Health curriculum AC9HP6P09, AC9HP6P10 (version 9.0) and ACPPS053, ACPPS054, ACPPS058, ACPPS059 (version 8.4). Highly engaging and filled with age-appropriate activities, this unit includes a supporting powerpoint, printable doodle note activity sheets and a unit plan to guide your teaching sequence. It is a great way to engage your students and get them reflecting on their own healthy eating and physical activity habits.

Engage your students in a safe and supportive environment as you dive into the world of adolescence and puberty with this easy to implement unit designed to compliment the Year 5 and 6 Australian Health curriculum AC9HP6P02 (version 9.0) and ACPPS052, ACPPS053, ACPPS054 (version 8.4). Highly engaging and filled with age-appropriate activities, this unit includes printable activity sheets and a unit plan to guide your teaching sequence. It is a great way to engage your students in a otherwise tricky topic to teach but also help them gain knowledge and understanding about this important phase of their life.

Engage your students in meaningful discussions and mind-changing activities with this easy to implement unit designed to compliment the Year 5 and 6 Australian Health curriculum AC9HP6P01, AC9HP6P03, AC9HP6P05 (version 9.0) and ACPPS051, ACPPS057, ACPPS060 (version 8.4). Highly engaging and filled with age-appropriate activities, this unit includes a powerpoint, printable activity sheets, classroom posters and a unit plan to guide your teaching sequence. It is a great way to engage your students and help them appreciate the diversity of their peers and that of the international community to which they belong.