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Curriculum note: These Foundation Science resources are primarily aligned to the Australian Curriculum and also include helpful references for the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and India.
These Foundation Science resources are primarily aligned to the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0, while also offering useful international curriculum references for the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and India.
Equivalent curriculum references: US NGSS and early science inquiry expectations, UK EYFS Understanding the World, Canada Ontario Kindergarten Science, NZ Early Level Science, and India NCERT Class 1 Environmental Studies.
VIC and NSW curriculum references: Chapter 1 • AC9SFU01 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 2 • AC9SFU02 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 3 • AC9SFU03 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 4 • AC9SFH01 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 5 • AC9SFI01 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 6 • AC9SFI02 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 7 • AC9SFI03 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 8 • AC9SFI04 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1; Chapter 9 • AC9SFI05 — VIC: VC2SFS / NSW: STe-1.
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Chapter 1 • AC9SFU01
Observe visible features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped using those features.
Foundation science unit on external features of plants and animals.
Explore visible features, grouping and simple observation skills.
Ideal for early science vocabulary, classification and classroom discussion.
Chapter 2 • AC9SFH01
Explore how children observe the natural world, ask questions about living things and environments, and notice patterns in everyday experiences.
Foundation science unit on observing and asking about nature.
Support curiosity with simple questions, outdoor observations and science talk.
Great for teaching evidence, noticing patterns and early inquiry skills.
Chapter 3 • AC9SFU02
Describe pushes and pulls by their strength and direction and predict how these forces can affect an object's movement, direction, speed or shape.
Foundation science unit on pushes, pulls and movement.
Learn how objects roll, slide, bounce and change direction.
Perfect for hands-on force and motion investigations in early science.
Chapter 4 • AC9SFU03
Explore everyday materials, their properties and how they are chosen for different jobs, objects and purposes in the world around us.
Foundation science unit on materials and properties.
Compare everyday objects by texture, strength, flexibility and purpose.
Build practical science thinking with sorting, testing and simple predictions.
Chapter 5 • AC9SFI01
Pose questions about simple patterns and relationships and make predictions using observations, prior knowledge and personal experiences.
Foundation science unit on questioning and predicting.
Help students ask scientific questions and make simple predictions.
Supports inquiry, reasoning and early investigation habits.
Chapter 6 • AC9SFI02
Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate scientific questions, test predictions and use classroom equipment responsibly.
Foundation science unit on safe science investigations.
Teach observing, using tools carefully and following simple safety steps.
Useful for building confidence in structured classroom experiments.
Chapter 7–8 • AC9SFI03
This shared Foundation science unit brings together making and recording observations with sorting, comparing and representing patterns using drawings, tables, models and simple recordings.
Foundation science unit on making and recording observations.
Use drawings, labels, tables and measurements to record what students notice.
Supports data collection, patterns and clear science recording.
Chapter 9 • AC9SFI04
Compare observations with predictions and other people's observations, consider whether an investigation was fair and identify further questions with guidance.
Foundation science unit on comparing and evaluating investigations.
Compare predictions with results and discuss what worked well.
Encourages reflection, fairness and deeper scientific thinking.
Chapter 10 • AC9SFI05
Write and create texts to communicate scientific observations, findings and ideas using drawings, labels, tables, models, everyday language and appropriate scientific vocabulary.
Foundation science unit on communicating scientific ideas.
Help students share observations, models and findings with drawings and words.
Perfect for building scientific language and explanation skills.
Foundation students observe the external features of plants and animals, explore how materials and objects behave, and notice how movement, patterns and simple investigations can be described.
Students also learn to ask scientific questions, make predictions, conduct investigations safely, record observations, sort information, recognise patterns, compare results and communicate their findings.
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