Chemical Sciences Teaching Resources
Explore the chemical sciences in your primary classroom this school year with the help of activities, worksheets and experiments created just for Australian teachers like you!
This collection of printable and digital activities is stocked with everything you need to meet Australian science curriculum standards for chemistry, including resources focused on substances and mixtures, liquids and solids and more. Introduce the periodic table, explore density, discuss freezing and melting and dive deep into chemical changes.
Each resource in this extensive collection has undergone a thorough review by a member of the Teach Starter science teaching team to ensure it's ready for your lesson plans and your students.
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Chemical Sciences: Clever Changes – Word Wall
Seventy-eight content-specific vocabulary cards for a word wall based on Chemical Sciences.
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Natural and Processed Materials PowerPoint
A teaching presentation comparing natural and processed materials and how humans make scientific comparisons.
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The State of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students classify a substance's state of matter by observing changes to its properties.
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States of Matter Word Wall
A set of states of matter related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
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Describing Materials Template
A template to use when describing objects using the senses of touch and sight.
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Natural Science PowerPoint - How Do People Use Natural Resources?
A teaching presentation discussing natural resources and how humans interact with them.
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Material World Beanbag Toss Game
A fun game to play when learning about the properties of materials.
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Phase Changes of Matter Poster
A poster showing the phase changes of matter.
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Assessment: Chemical Science Clever Changes – Worksheet
A worksheet designed to assess Year 1 students about Chemical Science.
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States of Matter Poster
A poster that displays the three states of matter, their properties and the processes for changing states.
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The Three States of Matter – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a scientific report from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
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What's the Matter? Task Cards
An activity for students to use when learning about the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
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What's the Use? PowerPoint - Developing a Hypothesis to Investigate
A teaching presentation discussing the development of a scientific hypothesis.
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Science Experiment - Cover to Conserve
A science experiment that investigates if evaporation can be reduced by covering a body of water.
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My Ecological Footprint Worksheet
A worksheet which will have the students evaluate their ecological footprint and compare it with the class.
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Pure Substances and Mixtures Science PowerPoint
A 30 slide editable PowerPoint Template for teaching a chemistry unit on pure substances, mixtures and separating techniques.
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Removing Heat – Worksheet
An activity to demonstrate what happens to a variety of liquids when heat is removed.
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Sorting Objects by Property Template
A template to use when sorting objects using the sense of touch and sight.
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R.E.R.U.N. - Writing a Scientific Conclusion Poster
An educational poster introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
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Plastic and Concrete PowerPoint - How Do People Use Processed Materials?
A teaching presentation discussing processed materials and their uses.
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Stretchy Scoot Relay
A whole class active game to play when learning about the properties of materials.
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States of Matter Experiment Worksheet
An experiment mixing a solid with a liquid to create a gas.
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Changing States of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet based on the changing states of matter.
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Predict and Prove – Template
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
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The Gas Has Mass Task Cards
A set of four task cards that explores the physical properties of gases.
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Physical Change Cards – Game
A sorting card game to help students consolidate their knowledge of physical changes in Chemical Science.
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Science Experiment - Keep Me Dry
A science experiment which explores the absorptive properties of materials.
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Science Experiment - Suck It Up!
A science experiment which investigates the absorptive properties of various materials.
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Now I Understand PowerPoint - Building a Solid Conclusion for an Experiment
An educational teaching presentation introducing the students to the R.E.R.U.N. method for writing a scientific conclusion.
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Material World Cut-Out Decorations
Cut-out decorations to use on your materials display board.
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Jack and the Beanstalk (Made Differently!) PowerPoint
A 16 slide teaching presentation to use when exploring the properties of materials.
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Colour the Periodic Table - Worksheet and Poster
Colour the periodic table with a printable colour-coding worksheet.
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