Science: A STEM Approach – Year 5 Resources

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Biological Sciences I Chemical Sciences I Environmental Sciences I Physical Sciences
 
Unit Page Link description
Biological Sciences 4

Living Things Change

Biological Sciences 4

Info on Adaptations

Biological Sciences 8

Plant Adaptations video

Biological Sciences 8

Online image - Taproots and Fibrous Roots 

Biological Sciences 8

Behind the News video - Mangrove Warning

Biological Sciences 8

More information on root systems

Biological Sciences 14

Online mind - Mapping tool

Biological Sciences 14

Website - Bird Adaptations - Beaks 

Biological Sciences 14

Online video - Bird Feeding Adaptations

Biological Sciences 14

More information about types of beaks

Biological Sciences 18

Australia's Top three Desert Monsters video

Biological Sciences 18

Online image - Frillneck lizard

Biological Sciences 18

Video - Amazing Adaptations of Lizards

Biological Sciences 18

Frillneck lizard's defence mechanisms in action

Biological Sciences 19

Convert URLs into tinyurl

Biological Sciences 19

Convert into QR codes

Biological Sciences 22

Online image of an echidna

Biological Sciences 22

Video explaining the survival echinidnas in Australia

Biological Sciences 22

More information on echidnas

Biological Sciences 26

Online image of Banksia fruit

Biological Sciences 26

Image of Banksia flower and fruit comparison

Biological Sciences 26

The structural features and behaviours of Banksia plants

Biological Sciences 26

Plants and animals - Damaged by large intensity fires

Chemical Sciences 42

Online image - Ice cube, glass of water and kettle

Chemical Sciences 42

Online interactive activity

Chemical Sciences 42

Websites linked to QR codes on page 44

Chemical Sciences 42

Websites linked to QR codes on page 44

Chemical Sciences 42

Websites linked to QR codes on page 44

Chemical Sciences 46

Image -7 layer liquid stack 

Chemical Sciences 46

Website - 7 layer liquid stack

Chemical Sciences 48

More info on states of matter flowing

Chemical Sciences 52

Online video - What's Matter

Chemical Sciences 52

Examples of coloured gases

Chemical Sciences 52

Information - Misconceptions - Gases have mass

Chemical Sciences 56

Interactive website - Changing State

Chemical Sciences 56

Video - MythBusters - Walking on "Water"

Chemical Sciences 60

Online Quiz - Soliods, Liquids and Gases

Chemical Sciences 60

Examples of colloids

Chemical Sciences 60

Substances that contain more than one state of matter

Environmental Sciences 78

Online mind - Mapping tool

Environmental Sciences 78

Online image of the solar system

Environmental Sciences 78

Video - Solar System - The Dr Binocs Show

Environmental Sciences 78

Online song - We are the Planets

Environmental Sciences 78

Virtual tour of the solar system

Environmental Sciences 82

Image of the solar system

Environmental Sciences 82

Planetary Fact Sheet

Environmental Sciences 82

Video - To Scale: The Solar System

Environmental Sciences 82

Image is not a true representation of the solar system

Environmental Sciences 82

See the relative size of each planet

Environmental Sciences 88

Explore the Solar System: 360 Degree interactive tour

Environmental Sciences 88

Computer access for each pupil to research

Environmental Sciences 88

Video - Solar System

Environmental Sciences 88

To see the rotation and orbital periods of each planet

Environmental Sciences 91

Online image of terrestrial planets

Environmental Sciences 91

Video - Explore the Solar System: The Rocky Planets

Environmental Sciences 91

More info on Solar System - Inner rocky planets

Environmental Sciences 92

Human Exploration on Mars

Environmental Sciences 94

Image - Jovian Planets

Environmental Sciences 94

Image - Gas Giants and Ice Giants

Environmental Sciences 94

Video - Explore the Solar System: The Gas Giants

Environmental Sciences 98

Video - First Moon Landing 1969

Environmental Sciences 98

Website - Where our Curiosity took Us

Environmental Sciences 98

Image - Space Exploration Timeline

Environmental Sciences 98

More information on Space probes

Environmental Sciences 107

Video - Could we move to Earth

Physical Sciences

116

Video - Sources of Light 

Physical Sciences 116

Website - How we see things

Physical Sciences 116

Image of a labelled light ray diagram

Physical Sciences 116

Interactive activity - Light 

Physical Sciences 116

Other online interactive activities

Physical Sciences 116

Full range of light energy in the EM spectrum

Physical Sciences 118

Visual representation of the behaviour of light 

Physical Sciences 120

Video- Light - The Dr Binocs Show

Physical Sciences 122

Image - Rainbow 

Physical Sciences 122

Video - How do Prisms create Rainbows?

Physical Sciences 122

Image Rainbow Formation

Physical Sciences 124

Image - Light Ray Diagram

Physical Sciences 124

How do your eyes see colour

Physical Sciences 124

Experiment with creating different colours using RGB bulbs

Physical Sciences 125

Video - Disappearing Colour Wheel

Physical Sciences 128

Video - Shadow Hands 

Physical Sciences 128

Video - Shadows - The Dr Binocs Show

Physical Sciences 128

More info about light and shadows

Physical Sciences 132

Image - Coloured Shadows 

Physical Sciences 132

Interactive activity - Coloured Shadows 

Physical Sciences 132

Video - Coloured Shadows: What's Going On

Physical Sciences 132

Video - Coloured Shadows: More experiments to try

Physical Sciences 139

Image - Wooden blocks to create scene for shadow puppet show

Physical Sciences 141

Video - Budgeting