Science / Year 7 / Science Understanding / Biological sciences

• TLF-IDM021769

This resource highlights fifteen natural ecosystems found in New South Wales. Each resource has been designed for students investigating ecosystem types in NSW, providing a greater understanding of their location, function, how they are impacted by human activity and how schools and communities can work to protect them. ...

• TLF-IDM014089

This is a unit of work designed to help students investigate the similarities and differences between a range of organisms including plants, animals and micro-organisms. Students use these variations to organise and classify organisms according to accepted hierarchial categories. They examine the need for scientists to ...

• TLF-IDL527

Explore facts about a range of bacteria. Examine a lab collection, and then find more bacteria in a rural environment. Identify bacteria according to their shape, location and type of movement. Find bacteria which match statements such as 'helpful to humans' or 'can move by themselves'. This learning object is a combination ...

• TLF-IDM025068

The nature of how living things work is intrinsically connected and interrelated. This unit covers a broad range of topics, from molecular aquaporins (the tiny channels through which water and other molecules pass through cell membranes) to the global challenge of securing the world's food supply. It contains a sequence ...

• TLF-IDM013089

This is a web page produced by the Queensland Museum about how to plan a biodiversity assessment within a school or local community, which includes an embedded 4-minute introductory video. The video is supported by links to a transcript of the video, a Backyard explorer leader's guide, a Backyard explorer user's guide, ...

• TLF-IDM014132

This is a student guide about classification of living things and ecosystems and their management. It contains information and hands-on inquiry activities, and is part of a comprehensive curriculum resource that covers Biological sciences content descriptions in Year 7 of the science curriculum. The resource integrates ...

• TLF-IDM014134

This is a teacher guide about classification of living things and ecosystems and their management. It provides an overview of lessons including worksheets and assessment, and is part of a comprehensive curriculum resource that covers Biological sciences content descriptions in year 7 of the science curriculum. The resource ...

• TLF-IDM016738

This page links to a range of materials from the Australian Museums' Bugwise program, with additional materials and activities, including a resource about invertebrates in freshwater.

• TLF-IDM012854

This is a detailed plan for teaching a unit on wetlands. It includes a unit outline, overview and aim, learning outcomes, inquiry questions, background information about wetlands, lesson plans and a guide to assessment. The lesson sequence is based on the inquiry based 5Es approach to teaching Science, with a focus on investigations ...

• TLF-IDM016496

This ABC In Depth feature article includes everything you wanted or needed to know about tree kangaroos. This article describes their reproduction, classification, adaptations and issues relating to their conservation.