Science News
Errol St Campus
North Melbourne Primary School
From Nick Sell, Senior School Science teacher
A term to explore the mysteries of the earth
This term our students in grades 3-6 will be delving into the vast and intriguing world of earth and space science. It is going to be an interesting term filled with exploration and problem solving to try to understand the mysteries of the earth and the universe!
Please see below for our weekly overview.
Year 3 - 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’ |
| Week 2 | Ancient Skies – indigenous stories and constellations as well as ‘where do we fit in the Universe?’ |
| Week 3 | Day and Night - Rotation |
| Week 4 | The Sun, our star |
| Week 5 | Rotation and Revolution, including the seasons |
| Week 6 | Our Moon |
| Week 7 | The Planets |
| Week 8 | The Planets |
| Week 9 | Galaxies, comets and more |
| Week 10 | Space Travel |
Year 4 - Earth's crust : This week in Science we will be learning…
| Week 1 | Science Room Safety and Expectations Earth and Space Sciences Introduction to 'Earth's crust”’ |
| Week 2 | Soil Horizons - what is the earth's crust made of? |
| Week 3 | The rock cycle |
| Week 4 | Igneous rocks |
| Week 5 | Sedimentary rocks |
| Week 6 | Metamorphic rocks |
| Week 7 | Human use and impact of our earths resources |
| Week 8 | Indigenous perspective - Mineral use |
| Week 9 | Fossils |
| Week 10 | Rock cycle review |
Year 5 - Space exploration: This week in Science we will be learning…
| Week 1 | Science Room Safety and Expectations Earth and Space Sciences Introduction to ‘Earths crust”’ |
| Week 2 | Our solar system |
| Week 3 | Planet research |
| Week 4 | Space probes and satellites |
| Week 5 | Scientific equipment and tools |
| Week 6 | Understanding space exploration - Asking the big questions |
| Week 7 | Space craft design |
| Week 8 | Space craft design |
| Week 9 | 3D print and prototyping |
| Week 10 | Presentation |
Year- Natural resource management: This week in Science we will be learning…
| Week 1 | Science Room Safety and Expectations Earth and Space Sciences Introduction to “Natural resource management”’ |
| Week 2 | Brainstorm - what do we know about our resources? |
| Week 3 | Natural resource research/ indigenous land practices |
| Week 4 | Understanding renewable and non renewable resources/ our local landscape |
| Week 5 | From raw to product |
| Week 6 | From product to waste |
| Week 7 | Recycling |
| Week 8 | Sustainable product design |
| Week 9 | Sustainable product design |
| Week 10 | Presentation |