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Year 6 - Science

Lessons

14 lessons

  1. Lesson 1 — Thinking Like a Scientist Unit launch and working-scientifically refresher. Revisit fair tests, variables (change/measure/control), predictions, and safe lab routines. Introduces the unit's four big topics and the investigation cycle students use throughout. Includes a slide deck with an animated ramp fair-test demonstration and the Investigation Planning Template worksheet.
  2. Lesson 2 — What Living Things Need to Survive Biological sciences. What living things need to grow and survive (food, water, shelter, space), and how a habitat meets those needs. Introduces adaptations and a cause-and-effect look at what happens when a need disappears. Includes a slide deck with an animated survival-needs diagram and the My Animal's Habitat worksheet, supported by the Habitat Sorting Cards resource.
  3. Lesson 3 — Changing Conditions and Human Impact Biological sciences. How changing conditions (drought, fire, seasonal change) and human activities (land clearing, pollution, introduced species) affect growth and survival. Students set up a fair-test seed-growth mini-investigation. Includes a slide deck with an animated drought cause-and-effect chain and the Seed Investigation Recording Sheet worksheet.
  4. Lesson 4 — Caring for the Environment: A Considered Response Biological sciences, applying. Students research a local environmental issue (a threatened species or habitat) and develop a considered, evidence-based response: issue, evidence, action with a reason. Links to the communicating/applying inquiry outcome. Includes a slide deck with an animated evidence-to-action chain, the Conservation Response Planner worksheet, and the Source Sheet: Saving the Numbat resource.
  5. Lesson 5 — Reversible Changes Chemical sciences. Reversible changes (melting, freezing, dissolving, evaporating) explored through hands-on stations; students observe that the substance stays the same and the change can be undone. Includes a slide deck with an animated states-of-matter particle diagram and the Reversible Change Stations worksheet.
  6. Lesson 6 — Irreversible Changes and New Substances Chemical sciences. Irreversible changes — burning, cooking, rusting, and mixing reactants that make a new substance. Students identify the signs of chemical change (gas, colour change, heat, new material) and why such changes cannot be undone. Includes a slide deck with an animated bicarb-and-vinegar reaction and the Irreversible Change Investigation worksheet.
  7. Lesson 7 — Observing Chemical Change (Demonstration Task) Chemical sciences, observation task. The teacher demonstrates a sequence of changes (melting butter, toasting bread, popping popcorn, melting/refreezing ice, burning paper) and students classify each as reversible or irreversible in a results grid, noting any new substance and the safety risk. Aligns to the 'Observing chemical change' sample assessment. Includes a slide deck, the Observing Chemical Change Results Grid worksheet, and the teacher demonstration-sequence card resource.
  8. Lesson 8 — Earthquakes and Volcanoes Earth and space sciences. Earth's layers and the restless crust; how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur and reshape the surface, with a clay-modelling activity and a look at the Ring of Fire. Includes a slide deck with an animated erupting-volcano cross-section, the Earthquakes and Volcanoes worksheet, and the Inside the Earth & the Ring of Fire reference card.
  9. Lesson 9 — Tsunamis and Extreme Weather Earth and space sciences. Tsunamis and extreme weather (cyclones, floods, extreme heat); their effects on Earth's surface and communities, and how people predict, prepare for and respond. Students analyse real case studies with data. Includes a slide deck with an animated tsunami energy chain, the Extreme Event Analysis worksheet, and the Case-Study Cards resource.
  10. Lesson 10 — Building Simple Circuits Physical sciences. What makes a complete circuit; the role of cells, wires, globes and switches; energy transfer around the loop and transformation into light at the globe. Students build and draw circuits using conventional symbols. Includes a slide deck with an animated current-flow circuit, the Build and Draw a Circuit worksheet, and the Circuit Symbols reference card.
  11. Lesson 11 — Conductors, Insulators and Circuit Design Physical sciences. Testing materials as conductors or insulators using a globe as an indicator, and comparing series and parallel circuits (in a series loop one break stops everything; in parallel each branch is independent). Includes a slide deck with an animated series-vs-parallel comparison, the Conductor or Insulator? worksheet, and the shared Circuit Symbols reference card.
  12. Lesson 12 — Foil Circuit Investigation (Fair Test) Physical sciences plus inquiry, summative investigation. Students plan a fair test using foil-ribbon circuits — choosing a variable to change (e.g. foil length), variables to control, and what to measure — make a reasoned prediction, get the plan approved, then collect data. Aligns to the 'Foil circuit investigation' sample assessment. Includes a slide deck and the Foil Circuit Investigation Planner worksheet.
  13. Lesson 13 — Representing Data and Evaluating Investigations Inquiry, processing and evaluating. Students represent their investigation data in a clear table and a line graph (continuous data), compare results to predictions, evaluate the fairness of their method, and suggest improvements. Includes a slide deck with an animated line graph and the Graph and Evaluate Your Data worksheet.
  14. Lesson 14 — Writing It Up and Pulling It Together Inquiry, communicating, plus unit consolidation. Students write up their investigation as a scientific report (question, method, results, conclusion) using appropriate language features, then review the four big ideas of the unit. Synthesis and reflection ahead of summative assessment. Includes a slide deck with an animated report-structure diagram and the Scientific Report Scaffold worksheet.