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Physics - Foundation Year 
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Teaching resources

Lessons
Teaching Guide
Student Workbook

Overview

Physics Foundation Year is the study of what things are made of, how they move, and how they get energy. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Science Understanding:
  • The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape (ACSSU005).


Note: This curriculum program is currently being updated to align with the Australian Curriculum 9.0. Updated versions will be released in early 2023.
Learning Objectives
In lessons 1 to 9, students learn about: 
  • objects that can be moved and find objects that move and decide if they are easy or hard to move
  • objects that can be pushed and pulled and predict and test how easy it is to do so
  • objects that can be rolled and predict and test how easy it is to do so
  • objects that spin and predict and test how easy it is to do so
  • predicting which balls bounce and testing different balls to see if they bounce
  • finding objects that slide easily and predict and test different objects to see if they slide easily
  • predicting and testing everyday objects to see if they roll, spin, slide or bounce
  • sort objects based on how they can move
  • games and sports that use objects that move and how objects move when we play games and sports. 
Success Criteria  
  • Describe that objects can be moved.
  • Find objects that move and decide if they are easy or hard to move.
  • Find objects that can be pushed and pulled.
  • Predict and test objects to see how easily they can be pushed and pulled.
  • Find objects that can be rolled.
  • Predict and test objects to see how easily they can be rolled.
  • Find objects that spin.
  • Predict and test objects to see how easily they can spin.
  • Predicts which balls will bounce.
  • Test different balls to see if they bounce.
  • Find objects that can slide easily.
  • Predict if objects will slide easily.
  • Test different objects to see if they slide easily.
  • Predict if objects will roll, spin, slide or bounce easily.
  • Test different objects to see if they roll, spin, slide or bounce easily.
  • Sort objects based on how they can move.
  • Look at some games and sports that use objects that move.
  • Look at how objects move when we play games and sports. 
Assessment
Progress Tests
Progress tests are conducted after every second lesson, allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the concepts taught over the past two lessons and to identify where reteaching is needed. The Teaching Guide contains the testing questions, and the Student Workbook has a section where students write their answers and score themselves.

Structured Research Activity
The Structured Research Activity (SRA) for this unit is: Students to predict and test various everyday objects to see if they slide, spin, roll or bounce. The SRA takes place over two lessons so students can apply the Science Understanding and Science Inquiry Skills covered in the unit. Teachers use the Guide to Making Judgements, which is included in the Teaching Guide, to mark the SRA.

End-of-Unit Assessment
The last lesson is the end-of-unit assessment which has a variety of question formats (for example, label the diagram, circle the correct answer) to assess student mastery of content from the unit. The end-of-unit assessment is in the Teaching Guide. Teachers copy the assessment and distribute to students at testing time. 

Lesson Objectives

Success Criteria

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