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Unit | Lesson | Page | Link Description |
Living Things | 1 | 4 | |
Living Things | 1 | 4 | |
Living Things | 1 | 4 | |
Living Things | 1 | 4 | |
Living Things | 4 | ||
Living Things | 5 | ||
Living Things | 2 | 7 | |
Living Things | 2 | 7 | |
Living Things | 8 | ||
Living Things | 3 | 10 | |
Living Things | 3 | 10 |
Sheppard Software—Parts of the Food Chain (Producers/Consumers...) (QR code page13) |
Living Things | 3 | 16 |
Science World—Food Web Tag - Activity TBC |
Living Things | 4 | 16 |
San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants—Cassowary - Activity TBC |
Living Things | 4 | 16 |
Kuranda Envirocare inc.—Cassowaries - Activity TBC |
Living Things | 4 | 16 |
YouTube video—A very close look at a cassowary chick (QR code page 19) |
Living Things | 4 | 16 | |
Living Things | 4 | 16 | |
Living Things | 4 | 16 | |
Living Things | 5 | 21 | |
Living Things | 5 | 21 | |
Living Things | 5 | 21 |
iNaturalist Images—Photos of Cassowary Plum At Different Stages |
Living Things | 5 | 21 |
More information about diet of the cassowary - Replacement TBC |
Living Things | 6 | 25 | |
Living Things | 6 | 25 | |
Living Things | 6 | 25 | |
Living Things | 6 | 25 | Sightseeing Tours Australia website (QR code page 27)—How Is the Daintree Rainforest Being Protected? |
Living Things | 6 | 25 | Website (QR code page 27)—Daintree Rainforest—Human Impact |
Living Things | Project | 31 | |
Living Things | Project | 33 | |
Living Things | Project | 33 |
Pupils login - Replacement TBC |
Living Things | Project | 33 |
mongabay—The Amazon Rainforest: The World's Largest Rainforest |
Energy and Forces | 1 | 44 |
Game Forge—Catapultz - Activity TBC |
Energy and Forces | 1 | 44 | |
Energy and Forces | 2 | 48 | |
Energy and Forces | 2 | 48 | |
Energy and Forces | 3 | 53 | |
Energy and Forces | 3 | 53 | |
Energy and Forces | 4 | 58 |
YouTube video—How to Demonstrate Air Resistance | Science Projects |
Energy and Forces | 4 | 58 | |
Energy and Forces | 5 | 62 | |
Energy and Forces | 5 | 62 |
BrainPOP—Magnet Hunt - Activity TBC |
Energy and Forces | 5 | 62 | YouTube Video—View Magnetic Fields | Magnetic Games - Activity TBC |
Energy and Forces | 6 | 65 |
Victoria State Government—Electrostatics: A non-contact force |
Energy and Forces | 6 | 65 |
YouTube video—9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity! |
Energy and forces | 6 | 66 |
sciencemadesimple—Learn More About Static Electricity? (Materials affected) |
Energy and forces | Project | 75 | |
Energy and Forces | Project | 75 | |
Materials | 2 | 88 | |
Materials | 2 | 88 | |
Materials | 2 | 88 | |
Materials | 2 | 88 | |
Materials | 3 | 93 | |
Materials | 3 | 93 |
Popular Science article—Cotton vs Polyester: Why Gym Clothes Trap the Most Body Odor? |
Materials | 4 | 96 |
Materials and their Properties interactive game - Replacement TBC |
Materials | 4 | 96 | |
Materials | 4 | 96 | |
Materials | 4 | 96 | |
Materials | 4 | 96 | |
Materials | 5 | 99 |
The Washington Post Video—Drowning in Garbage - Activity TBC |
Materials | 5 | 99 |
PLASgran—Customers admit they are confused by plastic recycling rules (Image of rubbish bins) |
Materials | 5 | 99 |
Learn English Kids – British Council—Clean and Green - Activity TBC |
Materials | 5 | 99 | |
Materials | 5 | 99 |
YouTube video—ADLC – Elementary Science: What Materials Biodegrade? |
Materials | 6 | 102 | |
Materials | 6 | 102 |
BBC newsround—How do you clean up the world's biggest rubbish dump? |
Materials | 6 | 102 | |
Materials | 6 | 102 | |
Materials | 6 | 102 | |
Materials | Project | 109 | |
Materials | Project | 111 | |
Materials | Project | 111 | |
Materials | Project | 111 |
YouTube video—Make Your Very Own Bioplastic Bowl! (Example of a created product) |
1 | 120 | ||
Earth and the Environment | 1 | 120 | |
Earth and the Environment | 1 | 120 | |
Earth and the Environment | 1 | 120 |
windows2universe—Sedimentary Rocks Contain Clues to Ancient Landforms |
Earth and the Environment | 1 | 120 | |
Earth and the Environment | 2 | 124 |
Soil composition pie chart - Replacement TBC |
Earth and the Environment | 2 | 124 | |
Earth and the Environment | 2 | 124 | |
Earth and the Environment | 3 | 128 | |
Earth and the Environment | 3 | 128 | |
Earth and the Environment | 3 | 128, 129, 130 |
The Geological Society—Weathering - Activity TBC |
Earth and the Environment |
3 | 128 | |
Earth and the Environment | 4 | 132 | |
Earth and the Environment |
4 | 132 | |
Earth and the Environment | 4 | 132 | |
Earth and the Environment | 4 | 132 | |
Earth and the Environment | 4 | 132 | |
Earth and the Environment | 4 | 132 | |
Earth and the Environment | 4 | 132 |
The Science Penguin—7 Ideas to Teach Slow Changes: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition |
Earth and the Environment | 5 | 137 |
YouTube video—Fierce winter storms bring severe flooding in UK & Ireland – BBC News |
Earth and the Environment | 5 | 137 | |
Earth and the Environment | 6 | 140, 141 | |
Earth and the Environment | Project | 145 | |
Earth and the Environment | Project | 147 | |
Earth and the Environment | Project | 147 |
YouTube video—Time-Lapse: The Power of Water (QR code page 149) |