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