Science: A STEM approach – Year 4 online resources

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Biological sciences I Chemical sciences I Earth and space sciences I Physical sciences

Unit	Lesson	Page	Link description	Replacement activity (if required)
Biological sciences	1	4	Google Earth
Biological sciences	1	4	YouTube video—The ecosystem
Biological sciences	1	4	Images—Daintree Rainforest
Biological sciences	1	4	Digital concept map creator
Biological sciences	2	7, 8	YouTube video—Giant cassowaries are modern-day dinosaurs	3. Play the short video introduction to the Daintree at <https://tinyurl.com/tp8ow35/>, and the documentary about the cassowary from BBC Earth at <https://tinyurl.com/t73qz83>. Alternatively, view a longer documentary at <https://tinyurl.com/l2f3nt2> (you should be able to use your education department login to access this).
Biological sciences	2	7, 8	Website—10 Daintree rainforest animals that are found nowhere else
Biological sciences	2	7	PowToon tool
Biological sciences	3	10	PBS Nova video—Decomposers
Biological sciences	3	10	Britannica kids (QR code page 13)—Food chain
Biological sciences	3	10	Game (QR code page 13)—BBC Bitesize food chain challenge
Biological sciences	4	16	Introductory video—Cassowary mission - Replacement TBC
Biological sciences	4	16	YouTube video—Chicken embryo development - Activity TBC
Biological sciences	4	16, 17	Video—Butterfly: A life - Activity TBC
Biological sciences	4	16	Cassowary research website
Biological sciences	4	16	Video (QR code page 19)—A very close look at a cassowary chick
Biological sciences	4	16	Video (QR code page 19)—Cassowary and chick
Biological sciences	4	16	Website—Daintree Rainforest fauna - Replacement TBC
Biological sciences	5	21	Information about the cassowary plum
Biological sciences	5	21	Image—kidsworldfun – Life cycle of a tomato
Biological sciences	5	21	ABC Education video—Why do plants make fruit?
Biological sciences	5	21	iNaturalist images—Photos of Cassowary plum at different stages
Biological sciences	6	25	YouTube video—Where the forest meets the sea by Jeannie Baker
Biological sciences	6	25	YouTube video—Daintree Rainforest conservation
Biological sciences	6	25	Kidzone website (QR code page 27)—Daintree Rainforest
Biological sciences	6	25	Sightseeing Tours Australia website (QR code page 27)—How is the Daintree Rainforest being protected?
Biological sciences	6	25	Website (QR code page 27)—Daintree Rainforest – Human impact
Biological sciences	PROJECT	31	Scootle—Cassowary sanctuary	Delete this part of activity
Biological sciences	PROJECT	33	weebly for education—website creator
Biological sciences	PROJECT	33	Rainforest Rescue—The Daintree Rainforest
Chemical sciences	2	42	Cartoon image
Chemical sciences	2	46	YouTube video—The innovator (wool video)
Chemical sciences	2	49	NCES Kids' zone—Graphing tool
Chemical sciences	2	49	Properties of wool pdf
Chemical sciences	3	53	Cartoon—Polyester candy
Chemical sciences	3	61	Popular Science article—Cotton vs polyester: Which gym clothes trap the most body odor?
Chemical sciences	4	56	YouTube video—Properties of materials - Activity TBC
Chemical sciences	4	56	YouTube video—Material world: Crash course kids	1. As a class, watch the video at <https://tinyurl.com/wngvuj7>, about materials and their purpose to revise what students already know. Students should predict the answers along with the video. 6. As a class, watch the video Material world at <https://tinyurl.com/y9qtslff> and discuss the importance of choosing materials based on their properties and their purpose. Discuss why this would be important for people like engineers.
Chemical sciences	4	56	Explain that stuff website—Wood
Chemical sciences	4	56	Explain that stuff website—Metals
Chemical sciences	4	56	Explain that stuff website—Ceramics
Chemical sciences	4	56	Explain that stuff website—Plastics
Chemical sciences	5	59	Video—The Washington Post – Drowning in garbage	1. Change first part of activity: Play the video about rubbish at <https://tinyurl.com/y9zmbtyd> as a provocation ...
Chemical sciences	5	59	Image—Rubbish bins
Chemical sciences	5	59	Game—Litter critters – Learn to sort and recycle
Chemical sciences	5	59	BTN video—Landfill
Chemical sciences	5	59	YouTube video—ADLC – Elementary Science: What materials biodegrade?
Chemical sciences	6	62	National Geographic website—Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Chemical sciences	6	62	BTN video—Ocean rubbish
Chemical sciences	6	62	Plastic infographic
Earth and space sciences	1	80	Image—Geologist
Earth and space sciences	1	80	YouTube - Be a rock detective
Earth and space sciences	1	80	Britannica Kids website—Rock
Earth and space sciences	1	80	Windows2Universe website—Images of rocks from different landforms
Earth and space sciences	2	84	Britannica Kids website—Soil group distribution map	1. Go to the Soils of Australia map at <https://tinyurl.com/yd6a2occ> and display it to the class. Focus on your local area or state. Ask students what they are looking at. Why are there different colours all over the land? What might it mean? What is this a map of? What do the numbers refer to?
Earth and space sciences	2	84	Soil composition pie chart - Replacement TBC
Earth and space sciences	2	84	YouTube video—Types of soil
Earth and space sciences	3	88	Image—Red sand beach
Earth and space sciences	3	88	Image—Black sand beach
Earth and space sciences	3	88	Geological Society—Weathering
Earth and space sciences	3	88	BBC—The rock cycle
Earth and space sciences	3	88	ABC Education video—How mountains turn to dust
Earth and space sciences	4	92	Google Earth
Earth and space sciences	4	92	YouTube video—Weathering, erosion and deposition
Earth and space sciences	4	92	YouTube video (QR code page 96)—Make your own erosion!
Earth and space sciences	4	92	YouTube video (QR code page 96)—Erosion lab (wind erosion)
Earth and space sciences	4	92	YouTube video (QR code page 96)—How do glaciers shape the landscapes?
Earth and space sciences	4	92	National Geographic game—Walter's travels – Weathering and erosion	7. As a class, play 'Walter's travels' at<https://tinyurl.com/wz6to4d>, to solidify concepts of erosion and weathering and how they create landforms over long periods of time.
Earth and space sciences	5	97	Floodlist images—Flooding in Australia
Earth and space sciences	5	97	BTN video—Storm erosion
Earth and space sciences	6	100	seattlepi website—How rates of erosion are increased by human activities
Earth and space sciences	6	100	ABC Education video—Hillside erosion: how to stop it
Physical sciences	1	116	Creately T-chart
Physical sciences	1	116	plonga—Angry birds game
Physical sciences	1	116	YouTube video—How to make a catapult simple and basic
Physical sciences	1	116	Generation Genius—Pushes and pulls	They may also require further revision of push and pull forces by watching a video at <https://tinyurl.com/uo6k95w> and taking the assessment quiz at the end.
Physical sciences	2	120	stem.org.uk video—Forces: Pushes, pulls and friction
Physical sciences	3	125	YouTube video—Best idea ever!
Physical sciences	3	125	YouTube video—Defining gravity: Crash course kids
Physical sciences	4	130	YouTube video—How to demonstrate air resistance
Physical sciences	4	130	YouTube video—Teachers TV: Air resistance
Physical sciences	5	134	Quizizz—Magnetic force
Physical sciences	5	134	YouTube video—Fun with magnets!	4. As a class, watch the video about magnets and magnetic fields at <https://tinyurl.com/yd9lt75j> ...