SCIENCE- SEMESTER TWO 2018
Our students invetigated, experimented and researched the following areas for the first half of the year. Refer to the Year level curriculum for the full science program.
Foundation students learned about materials and used their senses to describe their properties. They enjoyed ‘hands-on’ experiments in specialist Science sessions. Students investigated past and present toys and how they move using the forces of push and pull.
Year 1 students explored systems including the water cycle, life cycle of dinosaurs, weather patterns and the formation rocks. They conducted simple investigations and experiments and their learning cumulated in a diorama illustrating their understanding of these concepts.
Year 2 students focused on forces and how they change the way things move. They observed and gathered evidence about forces in the air, in water and on the ground. Students also identified the effect of gravity.
Year 3 students investigated the rotation of the earth and the moon, and the effects of these rotations on Earth life. They learnt about forces in everyday life through hands on activities. They built on this knowledge and design process as they designed, refined and built simple machines.
Year 4 students focused on physical science and investigated key concepts through science experiments. They learned that forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact, friction, gravity, magnetism, air and water resistance.
Year 5 students learnt about the three states of matter; solids, liquids and gases. They investigated their observable properties such as hardness, compressibility, elasticity and viscosity. Students identified that substances exist in different states, depending on temperature. They explored the key features of the solar system and Earth’s position within it. Students examined how the patterns in the sky relate to days, months and years, investigating forces in a designed system.
Year 6 students learned that electric circuits are needed to allow energy to be transferred from a battery to light bulbs, motors and buzzers, where it is transformed into light, movement or sound. They explored energy sources such as renewable and fossil fuels and the impact these have on living things.
Hopping Mice are unique animals. You don't find them in the average pet shop and they don't behave much like normal mice at all. They like to dig and they can hop just like kangaroos!Their native habitat is the sandy desert of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia and they can survive with very little water for long periods of time.
