This unit has specifically been aligned to the Australian Science Curriculum year three. In this unit ‘Powering Our World’ students investigate how heat can cause a change of state and can be used to process ores to produce materials that are used in everyday life. Students focus particularly…

This unit has specifically been aligned to the Australian Science Curriculum year two. In this unit ‘Barren or Bountiful’ natural environments and their features including water, soil and vegetation are explored. The unit further examines the affects of natural and manmade activities on the environment. These include natural…

This unit has specifically been aligned to the Australian Science Curriculum foundation or ‘prep’ year. In the unit ‘Our Special Place’, students explore features of their local environment by using their senses of sight, hearing and touch. By using the classroom and particularly the local environment, students discover…

This unit has specifically been aligned to the Australian Science Curriculum year one. In the unit ‘Below Our Feet’ the ground and the area below is explored. Students engage in enquiry based learning by exploring features of the ground including collecting soil samples, sorting and classifying natural materials…

This animation has been developed by Geoscience Australia to illustrate the carbon dioxide capture, transportation and storage process. Movie: http://www.ga.gov.au/ghg/carbon-capture-and-storage-movie.html Educational value statement Reviews the carbon capture and storage process and the place it plays in a low carbon energy future Includes numerous animated sequences and visuals showing industrial…

Outlines the difference between a rock and a mineral. Provides details of the three main rock types; igenous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Includes teachers’ notes.   Australian Curriculum content statements Science: ACSSU153 (8); ACSSU075 (4)

Students undertake a number of baking activities which demonstrate how igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are formed. This resource is from our Science Rocks publication. To view Science Rocks, click here.   Australian Curriculum content statements Science: ACSSU153 (8) 

Rehabilitation is the process of returning a mine site to an agreed and sustainable land use after mining. Mining companies under their social license to operate and legislative obligations need to follow many processes to rehabilitate land successfully. This unit, based on a case study of Ensham open…

Find out how the landscape is repaired after open cut mining. This is a PowerPoint presentation showing rehabilitation work carried out at the Ensham open cut coal mine in Central Queensland. The slides are predominantly pictorial and illustrate the processes of planning, removal and stockpiling of overburden, mining,…

In this activity students assume the role of an environmental scientist in planning the reshaping of a steep waste rock dump or spoil pile into a gradual slope using a scale model. They then take on the role of a bulldozer driver in carrying out these plans.  …