Features

• updated and refined content, with a range of engaging new lessons that include the recognition of First Nations Australians as the first Australian scientists


• the Science as a human endeavour strand integrated into each unit


• ‘Ponder points’, suggesting content-, process-, product- or environment-based strategies, to help teachers adjust lessons to support the different needs of their students


• ‘Measure in a minute’ quick assessment suggestions for each lesson and/or an optional integrated unit assessment at the end of each unit


• scope and sequence charts for the Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0 and an access link to a digital planning tool


• flexible use of the series, as the basis for a science program, as a support resource, or to provide further practice or reinforcement of science learning.

All years cover the science areas of Biological, Physical, chemical, Earth and space science

Year 5 includes survival and habitats; cause and effect on Earth’s surface; reflection and refraction; and arrangement of particles