Australian Curriculum Version 8.4 Foundation Science Units Bundle

Biological Science:
– Living things have basic needs, including food and water (ACSSU002)
Physical Science:
– The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape (ACSSU005)
Chemical Science:
– Objects are made of materials that have observable properties (ACSSU003)
Earth and Space Science:
– Daily and seasonal changes in our environment affect everyday life (ACSSU004)

Topics covered in this bundle include:

Need of Living Things
– Living Vs Non-Living
– Human Needs Vs Wants
– Needs of Pets
– Class Pet Observation and Care: Mealworms
– Needs of Wild Animals
– Needs of Plants

Moving Things
– Finding Moving Things
– Animal Movements
– Movement Investigations – ramps, cars and balls
– Does Material Matter?
– Push or Pull?
– Assessment Option: Design a Car using recycled materials

Properties of Materials
– What is an Object?
– Finding Objects
– Object Features
– Material Types
– Properties of Materials
– Waterproof Investigation
– Assessment: Material Property Scavenger Hunt and Goldilocks Bed Design

Weather Watch
– What is weather?
– Recording weather changes
– The influence of weather
– The effect of windy, sunny and rainy weather
– Raincloud experiment
– Build a Kite experiment