Science and technology is mandatory for all students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
In science and technology, students explore the natural and made worlds. They learn how to apply scientific and technological skills, knowledge and understanding across a broad range of contexts.
Science provides a way of inquiring about the world around us. It explores evidence and investigates ways to discover, develop and produce solutions to real world problems. The inquiry and skill-based nature of science opens doors to ideas and discoveries.
General resources:
This page links to websites for Science and Technology units- see menu on left.
Science K-10 syllabus- from BOSTES site
Science resources from Scootle website (Need to be logged in through DET staff portal)
Science resources- from ABC Splash website
BBC Bitesize Science resources for Infants and Primary students- animations, videos, activities
Kidcyber Science resources about Planet Earth, Space, Animals
Enchanted Learning- Zoom School Science pages and print-outs
Australian Museum learning resources
National Geographic Kids- animal resources, also Science and Nature resources
Other resources:
The rock cycle- how rocks are continually changing
Rock cycle interactive- about types of rocks and how they were formed
Virtual rock kit- from Earth Science education unit
Volcanoes:
Volcano teaching resources from Volcano World website
Volcanoes 101- National Geographic video
Earthquakes:
Earthquakes for kids- lots of links and activities
Explanation of Richter scale, from MATTER project- description of what happens for each number on the scale
Solar System:
NASA students k-4- Information and activities about Space
NASA Kids club- interactive activities, games, information
Zoom Astronomy- Enchanted Learning website with information about planets, sun, moon, etc
Solar System- from KidsAstronomy website
The Solar System- from StarChild site, with links to information about sun, moon, planets etc
Kidcyber resources about space
Explore the Solar System- BBC website with video clips and information
The Nine Planets website- a tour of the solar system- one star, eight planets and more
Van Gogh Starry Night colouring page- from Enchanted Learning website
Magic School bus space tour- click on the "Space" button
videos- Jupiter , Mars, Mercury, Saturn, with online quiz to complete after viewing
Minibeasts:
Zoom school- insect printouts and information about all types of insects
Honey and bees- from the National Honey Board
National Geographic- Ants -http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ant.html -information, facts, video about ants and other mini beasts
The Children's Butterfly Site- information and resources from kidsbutterfly.com
Detailed, easy to read information about butterflies at AllAboutButterflies.com, an Enchanted Learning website
Cockroaches- from the Australian Museum
First-school-online jigsaw puzzle- bees: http://www.first-school.ws/puzzlesonline/animals/bee.htm
and ants :http://www.first-school.ws/puzzlesonline/animals/ant.htm
Insects and spiders colouring pageshttp://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/cp_insects.htm
Kinder activities about insects http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/insects.htm
Spiders:
Spiders information from Enchanted Learning- Spider printout, Spider labelling activity
Australian Museum information- Australian spiders, Spiders and other arachnids, spider facts
Whales and Dolphins:
Kidcyber website has information about Blue whale, humpback whale, dolphins
National Geographic Kids- 10 facts about bottlenose dolphins
All about Whales- Enchanted Learning website
Dinosaurs:
Zoom Dinosaurs- Enchanted learning website with online book about dinosaurs, links to information, pictures, diagrams, glossary etc
Dinosaur playground- ABC website with games and activities
Penguins:
Antarctic penguins- easy to read information from Kidcyber
Penguins at Enchanted Learning- information, printouts, activities, colouring pages
Penguin information from Classroom Antarctica website
Penguin fact sheets- from Australian Antarctic Division
Animals of Antarctica- images from Australian Museum
Antarctica on School AtoZ website- includes video which shows penguins
Penguin facts from British Antarctic Survey
Bridges:
A brief history of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, from NSW State records Office
Sydney Harbour Bridge- BOS site
Flight:
Air Transport- easy activities from First School website
Heroes of the air- interactive from National Museum
The Wright Brothers- information and links
Kidcyber website- the Wright Brothers, airships and balloons andtimeline of air transport
Transportation activities- also has links to other aviation websites, from DTLK
(Updated 19/01/16)
Internet Safety:
e-safety website with resources for students, parents and teachers
Interactive Whiteboards:
Interactive whiteboards- free resources from Topmarks.co.uk
SMART educator resources- IWB resources
IWB resources from Scholastic
Crickweb- Primary Interactive resources
Copacabana Public School- Get Smart Interactive activities
online stories for IWBs- from CLI Sites2See
Songs for children- Sites2See from CLI website, includes nursery rhymes, links to other sites
Australian Screen website- educational videos to add to IWB resources
Animation Library- animated gifs to add to IWB resources
Notebooks for COGs units- from School Libraries website
Web 2.0 tools:
Sites2See- web 2.0 tools in the information process
Multiple Intelligences and ICT- matching multiple intelligences with digital strategies and tools, from Educational Origami website
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy- linking Bloom's with ICT, from Andrew Churches' Educational origami site
Cool Tools for Schools- many different Web 2.0 resources
ideas to inspire- ways to use wikis, interactive whiteboards, wordle etc in classrooms
top 25 websites for teaching and learning- ALA/AASLA website, with Web 2 resources
weebly website creator- easy to use web site creator
Uses of web 2.0 tools:
blogs- Blogs could be used as class newspapers, student learning journals, shared daybooks, used for daily writing, showcasing what is happening in class etc. Student/teacher blogs can be made using the DEC portal for added security.
wikis-wikis can be used for collaborative work. Students can add information, work together on stories, edit one another's work, suggest ideas, add websites, jointly produce stories, information reports etc.
Glogster- online posters, use for information reports
Voki- create avatars, use for book reviews, persuasive texts, use to introduce a topic, student of the week etc
Wordle- create word clouds with key words. Also Tagxedo- word clouds in different shapes
Jigzone- online jigsaws,eg photos of cities in HSIE
Photopeach- create online stories
Animoto- digital stories
Storybird- create online books
Weebly- easy website creator
Prezi- alternative to Powerpoint for presentations
Holt Interactive graphic organisers- online graphic organisers, can be edited and printed
Survey Monkey- use to create simple surveys and quizzes
QR codes- link to teacher resources, answers in quizzes, treasure hunt, information around school, using QR code generator
Diigo- online bookmarks
Google Apps- go to My Learning Tools in portal, to see range of Google Apps, links and resources
(Updated 13/01/16)
Tech training
Tech ideas, hints and tips for teachers for using technology in the classroom. Click on this Tech Training for Teachers. You will then be asked to log in to the DET Portal. You will be taken straight to our Tech Training for Teachers website once you have logged in.