School Science Lessons
Primary Science Lessons
2012-05-02 SP
Please send comments to: J.Elfick@uq.edu.au
History

Classification by topic
| 1.0 Air | 3.0 Animals | 5.0 Astronomy | 6.6 Bacteria | 6.5 Fungi | 7.0 Balances, Weighing devices | 8.0 Burn | 9.0 Chemistry | 10.0 Electricity | 11.0 Force | 13.0 Heat and temperature | 16.0 Light | 17.0 Magnets | 18.0 Measurement | 19.0 Your body | 20.0 Plants | 23.0 Rocks and soil | 24.0 Shapes | Science | 26.0 Sound | 28.0 Water | 29.0 Weather
Year 1 Lessons
1.1 Living and non-living
1.2 Animals and plants
1.3 Different animals
1.4 Different plants
1.5 Plant pictures
1.6 Different leaves
1.7 Knocking sounds
1.8 String sounds
1.9 Shadow game
1.10 Spinning picture
1.11 Mirror game
1.12 Spinning top
1.13 Same and different
1.15 The five senses
1.16 Hearing sounds game
1.17 Touch and feel game
1.18 Feelie bag game
1.19 Length game
1.20 Pace distances
1.21 Balanced mobile
1.22 Compare different shapes
1.23 Make new shapes
1.24 Seeds and seed pods
1.25 Pouring water game
1.26 Plant names
1.27 Drink-can garden
1.28 Grow plants from seed
1.29 Roots and stems
1.30 Plants need sunlight
1.31 Plants need water
1.32 Different rocks
1.33 Plants need soil
1.34 Good soil and bad soil
1.35 Feel good soil
1.36 Protect topsoil
1.37 Examine soil with a magnifier
1.38 Air games
1.39 Air in bags
1.40 Blow soap bubbles
1.41 Falling parachutes
1.42 Drinking straw game
1.43 Air streams
1.44 Area game
1.45 Float different objects
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Year 2 Lessons
2.1 Bird feathers
2.2 Bird sounds
2.3 Bird beaks and feet
2.4 Different birds
2.5 Protect birds
2.6 Care of birds
2.7 Bottle sounds
2.8 Dull and bright in the sun
2.9 Melt different substances
2.10 Magnetic pin chain
2.11 Balanced parrot
2.12 Siphon and water spray
2.13 Count your teeth
2.14 Measure your body in hand spans
2.15 Measure with your body
2.17 Move your eyes
2.18 Smelling game
2.19 Skin and hair
2.20 Spirit burner, alcohol lamp
2.21 Heat different substances
2.22 Copy with a rubber band
2.23 See-saw balance, (teeter-totter)
2.24 Steelyard balance
2.25 Ruler balance
2.26 Balance bottle tops
2.27 Nail balance
2.28 Beam balance
2.29 Drinking straw balance
2.30 Leaf pictures
2.31 Collect flowers
2.32 Collect seeds
2.33 Grow plants from seeds
2.34 Three kinds of food
2.35 Paint with plant juices
2.36 Examine rocks with a magnifier
2.37 Collect different soils
2.38 Shake soil in water
2.39 Water through soil
2.40 Soil air
2.41 Mix and dissolve
2.42 Mix liquids
2.43 Different metals
2.44 Candle flame
3.71.5 Blackboard chalk, school chalk
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Year 3 Lessons
3.1 Ant life cycle
3.2 Mosquito life cycle
3.3 Butterfly life cycle
3.4 Cockroach, grasshopper
3.5 Uses of animals and plants
3.6 Care of cats
3.7 Burn with a magnifier
3.8 Water waves
3.9 Different colours
3.10 Rainbow colours
3.11 Spin a colour disk
3.12 String telephone
3.13 Describe your bones
3.14 Feel your bones
3.15 Measure your height
3.16 Move your arms
3.17 Plumb bob (vertical test)
3.18 Volume of your fist
3.19 Single pan balance
3.20 Balloon-powered rocket
3.21 Length with a trundle wheel
3.22 Throw up and fall down
3.23 Volume of a liquid
3.24 Measure your weight
3.25 Plant parts
3.26 Leaf collection
3.27 Leaf classification
3.28 Stems and roots
3.29 Seeds and fruit
3.30 Prepare plant dyes
3.31 Plant foods in the soil
3.32 Soil animals
3.33 Soil water
3.34 Soil air
3.35 Soil contents
3.36 Waterlogged soil
3.37 Air takes up space
3.38 Float needles on water
3.39 Convection disc, heat snake
3.40 Paper plane (paper aircraft)
3.41 Air and water change places
3.42 Burn different substances
3.43 Solid, liquid and gas
3.44 Potato masher squeeze
Year 4 Lessons
4.1 Animal legs
4.2 Animal friends
4.3 Fish parts
4.4 Frog life cycle
4.5.0 Lizards and snakes
4.5.1 Snake bite
4.6 Care of dogs
4.7 How sound travels
4.8 Flying kites
4.9 Heat from rubbing
4.10 Heat different solids
4.11 Air temperature
4.12 Smoke moves up and down
4.13 Inertia tricks
4.14 Prepare crystals
4.15 Pace distances
4.16 Air resistance
4.17 Shapes game
4.18 Diameter of a thread
4.19 Prepare invisible inks
4.20 Measure chest expansion
4.22 Memory games
4.23 Test your reflexes
4.24 Speed of reaction
4.25 Uses of beans and peas
4.26 Legumes, Different legumes
4.27 Collect bean plants
4.28 Bean life cycle
4.29 Bean flower
4.30 Bean seeds and pods
4.31 How seedlings grow
4.32 Weathering rocks
4.33 Make sedimentary rocks
4.34 Protect soils
4.35 Natural fertilizers
4.36 Water climbs up soil
4.37 Soil water bottle
4.38 Liquids in the sun
4.39 Melt different solids
4.40 Heat and cool water
4.41 Ice experiments
4.42 Sundials
4.43 Water from the air
12.16.6 Imitation volcano (baking soda)
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Year 5 Lessons
5.1 Sea animals and plants
5.2 Protect sea animals
5.3 Corals and jellyfish, coelenterates
5.4 Shellfish, molluscs
5.5 Starfish, echinoderms
5.6 Fish life cycle
5.7 Food chains in the sea
5.8 Water wheel
5.9 Steam wheel
5.10 Light travels in straight lines
5.11 Mirror reflects light
5.12 Image with a lens
5.13 Water drop magnifier
5.14 Pinhole camera
5.15 Breathing in and out
5.16 Fingerprints
5.17 Body temperature
5.18 Feel your pulse
5.15.19 Eyesight test
5.20 Digestion in a chicken
5.21 Water finds its own level
5.22 Rain gauge
5.23 Wind speed and direction
5.24 Describe clouds
5.25 Push and pull forces
5.26 Air pressure in all directions
5.27 Germinate bean seeds
5.28 Depth of seeds for germination
5.29 Germinate maize grain
5.30 Roots absorb water
5.31 Leaves lose water
5.32 Protect mangroves
5.33 Collect rocks
5.34 Soil profiles
5.36 Cover crops
5.37 Rain on slopes
5.38 Mulch garden soil
5.39 Make clay pots
5.40 Prepare potash from ash
5.41 Keep water clean
5.42 Heated air expands
5.43 Burn to make carbon
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Year 6 Lessons
6.1 Food chains in the forest
6.2 Protect turtles
6.3 Chicken life cycle
6.4 Pig life cycle
6.5 Fungi, Different fungi
6.6.0 Bacteria, Different bacteria
6.8 Heated liquids expand
6.9 Water climbs up
6.10 Pull with pulleys
6.11 Coins on a slope
6.12 Float clay boats
6.13 Forces of friction
6.14 Shakir strip, (Test for malnourished child)
6.15 How far you can see
6.16 Volume of air breathed out
6.17 Relative humidity
6.18 Atmospheric pressure
6.19 Moon and tides
6.20 Southern Cross constellation
6.21 Estimating
6.22 Pendulum tells the time
6.23 Trees and shrubs
6.24 Trees, palms and ferns
6.25 Protect trees
6.26 Grasses
6.27 Palms
6.28 Ferns and mosses
6.29 Protect coral reefs
6.30 Protect soils
6.31 Describe soils
6.32 Soil texture
6.33 Fertilizing soil
6.34a Chemical fertilizers
6.35 Burn candle over water
6.36 Cooling candle wax
6.37 Electric circuit
6.38 Electricity conductors
4.57 Electric torch (flashlight)
4.53 Dry cell, electric torch  battery
6.40 Hanging magnets
6.41 Electromagnets
4.2.1 Prepare yoghurt
4.2.2 Prepare sauerkraut
1.0 Air
3.41 Air and water change places
1.38 Air games
1.39 Air in bags
4.16 Air resistance
1.43 Air streams
3.37 Air takes up space
1.40 Blow soap bubbles
1.42 Drinking straw game
4.8 Flying kites
3.40 Paper plane
3.0 Animals
4.2 Animal friends
4.1 Animal legs
1.2 Animals and plants
3.1 Ant life cycle
2.3 Bird beaks and feet
2.4 Bird, Different birds
2.1 Bird feathers
2.2 Bird sounds
3.3 Butterfly life cycle
2.6 Care of birds
3.6 Care of cats
4.6 Care of dogs
6.3 Chicken life cycle
3.4 Cockroach, grasshopper
1.3 Different animals
5.20 Digestion in a chicken
5.6 Fish life cycle
4.3 Fish parts
4.4 Frog life cycle
4.5 Lizards and snakes
15.0 Living and non-living
3.2 Mosquito life cycle
6.4 Pig life cycle
22.0 Protect animals
4.0 Sea animals
1.2 Animals and Plants
6.1 Food chains in the forest
5.7 Food chains in the sea
3.5 Uses of animals and plants

22.0 Animals, Protect animals
2.5 Protect birds
6.29 Protect coral reefs
5.32 Protect mangroves
5.2 Protect sea animals
6.2 Protect turtles

4.0 Animals, Sea animals
5.6 Fish life cycle
5.7 Food chains in the sea
5.3 Corals and jellyfish
5.1 Sea animals and plants
5.4 Shellfish, molluscs
5.5 Starfish, echinoderms

5.0 Astronomy
6.19 Moon and tides
6.20 Southern Cross constellation
7.0 Balances, Weighing devices
2.26 Balance bottle tops
1.21 Balanced mobile
2.11 Balanced parrot
2.28 Beam balance
2.29 Drinking straw balance
3.24 Measure your weight
2.27 Nail balance
2.25 Ruler balance
2.23 See-saw balance
2.24 Steelyard balance
3.19 Single pan balance

8.0 Burn
6.35 Burn candle over water
3.42 Burn different substances
5.43 Burn to make carbon
3.7 Burn with a magnifier
9.0 Chemistry
3.71.5 Blackboard chalk, school chalk
2.43 Different metals
12.16.6 Imitation volcano (baking soda)
2.41 Mix and dissolve
2.42 Mix liquids
5.39 Make clay pots
4.14 Prepare crystals
4.19 Prepare invisible inks
3.30 Prepare plant dyes
5.40 Prepare potash from ash
4.2.2 Prepare sauerkraut
4.2.1 Prepare yoghurt
3.43 Solid, liquid and gas
10.0 Electricity
4.53 Dry cell, electric torch  battery
6.37 Electric circuit
4.57 Electric torch (flashlight)
6.38 Electricity conductors

11.0 Force
3.20 Balloon-powered rocket
6.11 Coins on a slope
1.41 Falling parachutes
6.13 Forces of friction
4.13 Inertia tricks
6.22 Pendulum tells the time
3.17 Plumb bob (vertical test)
3.44 Potato masher squeeze
6.10 Pull with pulleys
5.25 Push and pull forces
1.12 Spinning top
5.9 Steam wheel
3.22 Throw up and fall down
5.8 Water wheel
13.0 Heat and temperature
4.11 Air temperature
5.17 Body temperature
2.44 Candle flame
3.39 Convection disc, heat snake
6.36 Cooling candle wax, candle "lava"
4.40 Heat and cool water
4.10 Heat different solids
2.21 Heat different substances
4.9 Heat from rubbing
5.42 Heated air expands
6.8 Heated liquids expand
4.38 Liquids in the sun
4.39 Melt different solids
2.9 Melt different substances
4.12 Smoke movement
2.20 Spirit burner (alcohol lamp)
14.0 Length
1.20 Pace distances
4.15 Pace distances
1.19 Length game
3.21 Length with a trundle wheel
16.0 Light
3.9 Different colours
2.8 Dull and bright in the sun
5.12 Images with a lens
5.10 Light travels in straight lines
1.11 Mirror game
5.11 Mirrors reflect light
5.14 Pinhole camera
3.10 Rainbow colours
1.9 Shadow game
3.11 Spin a colour disk
1.10 Spinning picture
4.42 Sundials
5.13 Water drop magnifier
17.0 Magnets
6.41 Electromagnets
2.10 Magnetic pin chain
6.40 Suspended magnets
18.0 Measurement
4.11 Air temperature
1.44 Area game
4.18 Diameter of a thread
6.21 Estimating
14.0 Length
4.20 Measure chest expansion
2.15 Measure different things with your body
2.15 Measure with your body
2.14 Measure your body in hand spans
3.15 Measure your height
3.24 Measure your weight
1.13 Same and different
27.0 Volume

20.0 Plants
4.29 Bean flower
4.28 Bean life cycle
4.30 Bean seeds and pods
4.25 Beans, Uses of peas and beans
4.27 Collect bean plants
2.31 Collect flowers
2.32 Collect seeds
5.36 Cover crops
1.6 Different leaves
4.26 Different legumes
1.4 Different plants
1.27 Drink-can garden
6.28 Ferns and mosses
5.27 Germinate bean seeds
5.29 Grain, Germinate maize grain
6.26 Grasses
1.28 Grow plants from seeds
2.33 Grow plants from seeds
3.27 Leaf classification
3.26 Leaf collection
2.30 Leaf pictures
1.6 Leaves, Different leaves
5.31 Leaves lose water
4.26 Legumes
15.0 Living and non-living
2.35 Paint with plant juices
6.27 Palms
3.30 Plant dyes, Prepare plant dyes
1.26 Plant names
3.25 Plant parts
1.5 Plant pictures
1.33 Plants need soil
1.30 Plants need sunlight
1.31 Plants need water
3.5 Plants and animal uses
1.2 Plants, Animals and plants
1.4 Plants, Different plants
5.32 Protect mangroves
6.25 Protect trees
1.29 Roots and stems
5.30 Roots absorb water
5.1 Sea animals and plants
4.31 Seedlings, How seedlings grow
21.0 Seeds
5.28 Seeds, Depth of seeds for germination
3.29 Seeds and fruit
3.28 Stems and roots
6.23 Trees and shrubs
6.24 Trees, palms and ferns
6.25 Trees, Protect trees
4.25 Uses of beans and peas

21.0 Seeds
4.30 Bean seeds and pods
2.32 Collect seeds
5.28 Depth of seeds for germination
5.27 Germinate bean seeds
5.29 Germinate maize grain (corn seed)
1.28 Grow plants from seed
2.33 Grow plants from seeds
4.31 How seedlings grow
3.29 Seeds and fruit
1.24 Seeds and seed pods
23.0 Rocks and soil
5.33 Collect rocks
1.32 Different rocks
2.36 Examine rocks with a magnifier
4.33 Make sedimentary rocks
25.0 Soil
4.32 Weathering rocks
24.0 Shapes
1.22 Compare different shapes
2.22 Copy with a rubber band
1.23 Make new shapes
4.17 Shapes game
25.0 Soil
6.34a Chemical fertilizers
2.37 Collect different soils
5.36 Cover crops
6.31 Describe soils
1.37 Examine soil with a magnifier
1.35 Feel good soil
6.33 Fertilizing soil
1.34 Good soil and bad soil
5.38 Mulch garden soil
4.35 Natural fertilizers
3.31 Plant foods in the soil
6.30 Protect soils
4.34 Protect soils
1.36 Protect topsoil
5.37 Rain on slopes
2.38 Shake soil in water
2.40 Soil air
3.34 Soil air
3.32 Soil animals
3.35 Soil contents
5.34 Soil profiles
6.32 Soil texture
3.33 Soil water
4.37 Soil water bottle
4.36 Water climbs up soil
2.39 Water through soil
3.36 Waterlogged soil
26.0 Sound
2.7 Bottle sounds
4.7 How sound travels
1.7 Knocking sounds
1.8 String sounds
3.12 String telephone
27.0 Volume
3.23 Volume of a liquid
3.18 Volume of your fist
28.0 Water
6.12 Float clay boats
1.45 Float different objects
3.38 Float needles on water
4.41 Ice experiments
1.25 Pouring water game
2.12 Siphon and water spray
6.9 Water climbs up
5.21 Water finds its own level
4.43 Water from the air
3.8 Water waves
29.0 Weather
5.26 Air pressure in all directions
6.18 Atmospheric pressure
5.24 Describe clouds
5.22 Rain gauge
6.17 Relative humidity
5.23 Wind speed and direction

19.0 Your Body
6.16 Air breathed out
5.17 Body temperature
5.15 Breathing in and out
2.13 Count your teeth
3.13 Describe your bones
5.15.19 Eyesight test
3.14 Feel your bones
5.18 Feel the pulse
1.18 Feelie bag game
5.16 Fingerprints
1.15 Five senses
1.16 Hearing sounds game
6.15 How far you can see
5.41 Keep water clean
4.22 Memory games
3.16 Move your arms
2.17 Move your eyes
6.14 Shakir strip (test for malnourished children)
2.19 Skin and hair
2.18 Smelling game
4.5.1 Snake bite
4.24 Speed of reaction
4.23 Test your reflexes
1.17 Touch and feel game

History
These lessons were written by Dr J. Elfick in collaboration with teachers employed by the Solomon Islands Curriculum Development Project funded by The World Bank. The lessons were later revised at the University of Queensland.