Science News
Molesworth St Campus

Science News
Molesworth St Campus
From Kimalee Fernandes and Georgie Murphy, Junior School Science teachers
We look forward to seeing lots of parents in the Science Room at the Meet The Teacher event on Wednesday 4th Feb from 3:45-5:45pm.
Prep: Weather: This week in Science we will be learning…
| Week 1 | Science Room Safety and Expectations Earth and Space Sciences Introduction to ‘Weather’ |
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| Week 2 | Types of Weather |
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| Week 3 | Temperature |
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| Week 4 | Four Seasons |
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| Week 5 | The Seven Wurundjeri Seasons, with a focus on Eel Season |
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| Week 6 & 7 | Measuring Weather |
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| Week 8 | Hot Climates |
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| Week 9 | Cold Climates |
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| Week 10 | Hibernation |
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| Week 10 | Migration |
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Year 1: Caring for Habitats: This week in Science we will be learning…
| Week 1 | Science Room Safety and Expectations Earth and Space Sciences Introduction to ‘Caring for Habitats’ |
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| Week 2 | What is a Habitat? |
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| Week 3 | Habitats - Living and Non-Living |
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| Week 4 | Habitats: What affects them? |
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| Week 5 | Good Soil = Good Habitat Starting a worm farm |
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| Week 6 | Terrestrial Australian Bush Habitats |
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| Week 7 | Aquatic Ocean Habitats |
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| Week 8 | Urban Habitats |
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| Week 9 | Urban Habitats – setting up infrastructure for mini-beasts at NMPS | |
| Week 10 | Habitats Review – making a triorama |
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Year 2: Our Solar System: This week in Science we will be learning…
| Week 1 | Science Room Safety and Expectations Earth and Space Sciences Introduction to ‘Our Solar System’ |
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| Week 2 | Ancient Skies – indigenous stories and constellations as well as ‘where do we fit in the Universe?’ |
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| Week 3 | Day and Night - Rotation |
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| Week 4 | The Sun, our star |
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| Week 5 | Rotation and Revolution, including the seasons |
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| Week 6 | Our Moon |
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| Week 7 | The Planets |
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| Week 8 | The Planets | |
| Week 9 | Galaxies, comets and more | |
| Week 10 | Space Travel |

