Science / Year 3 / Science Inquiry Skills / Planning and conducting

• TLF-IDM020974

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate ...

• TLF-IDM020972

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on kitchen gardens using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and ...

• TLF-IDA010308

This lesson introduces rivers, creeks and other waterways as living places that support plants, animals, and people. The lesson includes a downloadable lesson plan, links to supporting websites, videos, and an assessment rubric.

• TLF-IDA006039

In this activity, students try germinating a range of different seeds. They explore ways to collect seeds, describe the features of the seeds they gather, draw and label their seeds, then sow their seeds, water them and make observations over time. The activity includes a list of what is required, suggestions of what to ...

• TLF-IDA005808

This set of learning activities challenges students to consider the problem of plastic pollution and how local actions help reduce the amount of discarded plastics in the environment. The module includes a comprehensive teacher guide, curriculum links, materials lists, design process guides and printable student resource ...

• TLF-IDA004943

This activity kit encourages students to explore how sunlight can be reflected to concentrate it and raise the temperature, creating a solar oven. Activities are guided by the design thinking process, and scaffolds students to explore solar energy, explore how sunlight can be reflected to concentrate it and raise the temperature ...

• TLF-IDA004559

In this lesson sequence, students identify characteristics of living things and distinguish living things from non-living things. They identify and describe patterns and understand how scientists use external features to group living and non-living things. Students describe and follow a sequence of steps involving decisions ...

• TLF-IDA006044

In this activity, students investigate the properties of familiar liquids by comparing how they behave when dripped onto a coin. They investigate a range of household fluids, like tap water, soapy water and oil; they predict and observe how the liquids behave when placed in drops on a coin, and are challenged to change ...

• TLF-IDM015619

What would it be like to breathe under water? See the equipment humans use to help them swim under water. Find out about the special features fish have that help them 'breathe' under water.

• TLF-IDM015798

Have you ever wondered why your face turns red when you run around? Discover what's going on under your skin when this happens, and how this helps you keep cool. See some of the clever ways that animals keep cool, too.