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Year 7 science

In Year 6, students investigate how environmental conditions such as light, water and temperature affect the growth of living things. They classify changes to materials as reversible or irreversible, learn how earthquakes, volcanoes, bushfires and floods change Earth's surface, and build simple electric circuits. They design fair tests with controlled variables and repeated trials.

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Biological sciences

What plants need to growFull lesson · 50 minStudents design a fair test with fast-growing seeds to find out how light and water affect plant growth.

Chemical sciences

Reversible and irreversible changesFull lesson · 50 minStudents classify changes such as melting, dissolving, cooking, burning and rusting as reversible or irreversible and look for signs that a new substance has formed.

Earth and space sciences

Earthquakes, volcanoes and extreme weatherTopic outlineStudents learn how sudden events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods and bushfires change Earth's surface, and how communities prepare for them.

Physical sciences

Electric circuitsTopic outlineStudents learn that electricity flows only around a complete circuit, identify conductors and insulators, and draw simple circuit diagrams.

Science as a human endeavour

Science helps communitiesTopic outlineStudents explore how scientists help communities prepare for natural disasters, such as Bureau of Meteorology cyclone warnings and fire danger ratings.

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Curriculum notes

Australian Curriculum v9.0. Topics are organised around the Australian Curriculum v9.0 Science strands and sub-strands. This is an independent learning resource; it is not endorsed by ACARA and has not been mapped to individual content descriptions.

These lessons were written around Australian Curriculum strands and matched to New Zealand year levels by age (NZ Year 1 is the first year of school). They are not yet mapped to The New Zealand Curriculum, so check them against your own learning programme.