Resources

  • Sites2See Measurement in Primary1

  • Test your students’ knowledge of what piece of equipment to use when measuring with this simple drag and drop activity.

  • Go to TryScience2 for examples of experiments and other resources

  • Resource for students to read about roles and develop teamwork skills3

  • If following the stage 3 COGs unit, Interconnecting Growth and Change, Macrobiotica4 on the TaLe website details an investigation of a freshwater lake.

  • Do-It-Yourself5 science activities from CSIRO

  • ABC science produces the experiMENTALS 6 with heaps of activities

  • ABC Surfing Scientist7 has demos, conundrums, tricks and lesson plans as well as other links

  • The Riverina Environmental Education Centre8 has numerous links and resources including ones that give skills in measuring and analysing data, basic science information and information and activities about environmental issues.

  • A range of science activities and games9 can be found here.

  • More experiments for students10 can be found by following the left hand menu “Experiments” at this link. Do not forget to do safety checks.

  • TaLe Student Research Project11 has a section on hazards and risk analysis.

Links

  1. http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Cli/Download.aspx?resID=12406&v=1&preview=true&target=PUBLIC
  2. http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_home.html
  3. http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/sciencepd/readings/working.htm#15
  4. http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Cli/Download.aspx?resID=6840&v=1&preview=true&target=PUBLIC
  5. http://www.csiro.au/resources/DIYScience.html
  6. http://www.abc.net.au/science/experimentals/experiments/
  7. http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/
  8. http://www.reec.nsw.edu.au/geo/skills/textsk/sk0a.htm
  9. http://www.education.com/activity/all-grades/science/
  10. http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=010791794b89940a64d44a0008995b1f&number=356710&password
  11. http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Cli/Download.aspx?resID=3788&v=1&preview=true&target=PUBLIC