Science / Year 2 / Science Understanding / Biological sciences

• TLF-IDS5692

This is an extensive teaching unit focused on learning, through a collaborative, inquiry-based approach, about the growth, development, reproduction and death of different organisms. It includes comprehensive lesson plans, as well as student handouts and other teaching resources, for seven structured lessons that form an ...

• 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-IDM015742

Can you imagine a world without flowers? Flowers add colour, scent and beauty to our world. But why do plants make them? Discover the real purpose of flowers and how they do their job.

• TLF-IDL201

Explore freshwater environments to find out where native frogs live and breed. Follow a frog's life cycle. Identify habitats suitable for frogs to lay eggs. Compare the ecology of native frogs with introduced toads.

• TLF-IDM017576

This is a teacher resource containing items relevant to planning lessons and teaching primary students about food and fibre production. It contains a program overview, an Agricultural Resources Links document providing links to useful external sites and resources, and eight study units - each containing a program outline ...

• TLF-IDM021225

Watch this video to learn all about frogs. How many different sorts of frogs live in Australia? Frogs live in the water and on land and belong to a group of animals called amphibians. What do frogs eat? Can you describe the life cycle of a frog?

• TLF-IDM018732

When Monarch Butterfly caterpillars hatch from their tiny eggs, they must get ready to travel thousands of kilometres to escape the cold winter weather. See how these caterpillars change and grow to make this long journey possible.

• TLF-IDM013027

This is a set of seven pedagogical activities based on the Museum of Queensland's online learning resource 'Celebration of culture'. The activities include: a science and technology activity - Raising silkworms; a visual arts activity - Making a Chinese dragon; a literature activity - reading the poem The silkworms; a music ...

• TLF-IDM019582

This website provides resources that allow students to explore how sheep are managed sustainably to produce wool, understand how wool producers use science to ensure their flocks are healthy, compare the lifecycle, needs and survival features of sheep with their own, and investigate the unique properties of wool that make ...

• TLF-IDM015866

Do you know where your bread comes from? Discover how many other foods can be made from wheat flour. This clip tells the story of wheat from the farm to the factory. See how the big machines in a flour mill make flour from grains of wheat.