Australian Curriculum v9 · SACE · Science & Geography
Ausgeology.Free earth science lessons for Years 3 to 10 and SACE
Interactive geology lessons, one process at a time.
Teachers can use them with a class, and students can work through them on their own. Each lesson is taught a different way, and every one has teacher notes, read-aloud and a printable activity.
Years 3 to 10
Science and Geography lessons for the Australian Curriculum (Version 9), grouped by year level, from rocks and soils in Year 3 to coastal change in Year 10.
10 lessons and a rock identification reference
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SACE Earth and Environmental Science, set out topic by topic in the order of the subject outlines, with the Cyclone Risk Explorer for senior Geography.
6 Stage 1 and 7 Stage 2 lessons, covering every topic
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SACE Stage 1 Topic 4: The Earth’s atmosphere Topic 5: Importance of the hydrosphere Reciprocal teaching
Air and water: a reciprocal teaching lesson
Eight short readings for groups of four, who take turns to predict, clarify, question and summarise: the oxygen story, the layers of the air, ozone and albedo, the greenhouse effect, Adelaide’s winter rain and Darwin’s monsoon, the origin of water, its properties, and the conveyor belt and El Niño.
SACE Stage 1 Topic 3: Processes in the Geosphere POGIL
Inside the Earth: a guided-inquiry lesson
Eight guided-inquiry activities for teams of three or four: sedimentary features at Hallett Cove, P and S waves and the shadow zones, meteorites, the layers to scale, Habanero’s hot granite and the Hawaiian hot spot. Each activity gives a model, then questions that lead to the idea.
SACE Stage 1 Topic 2: Composition of the Geosphere Mastery learning
Minerals, soil and dating: a mastery-learning lesson
Eight short units on minerals, rocks, soil, relative dating, half-life and carbon-14, each ending in a mastery check: four out of five to move on, or a summary of what to fix and a second try. Includes a mineral test bench and a decay simulation.
SACE Stage 1 Topic 1: Turbulent Earth Role-play simulation
Turbulent Earth: a hazard crisis simulation
Take a role as a monitoring scientist, emergency manager, engineer or community officer and work through four real crises: Pinatubo, Tōhoku, Christchurch and the Chelyabinsk airburst. Make each call before you find out what happened.