Teacher Collaborations

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These educational resources were developed in partnership with CSIRO through our teacher professional learning program, the Teacher Researcher in Partnership Program. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning across a range of subject areas, for students in Years 7 to 10.

Information contained in these educational resources may be used for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that acknowledgement of its source is included.

CSIRO has not written and therefore does not own IP copyright of these resources. Refer to each individual resource for ownership, copyright and attribution details.

Available resources

Teacher science resources

Carbon Capture

Teach students how carbon capture is addressing the effects of climate change and greenhouse gasses.

This is a teacher resource for Science teachers, with activities for Years 7 and 8 chemical sciences.

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Energy

Teach students about energy, its forms and what we use it for in this series of experiments. Students will test how quickly a battery discharges and compare the properties of capacitors.

This is a teacher resource for Science teachers, with activities for Years 7 and 8. It covers physical sciences, science as a human endeavour and science inquiry.

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Finding a Better Milk

Extend student’s knowledge of the digestive system and chemical changes through the exploration of milk alternatives.

This is teacher resource for Science teachers, with activities for Years 7 and 8 biological sciences.

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Modelling the Human Hand

Students can investigate how to effectively model both the structure and function of a human hand to better understand how it enables movement.

This is a teacher resource for Science and Design and Technology teachers, with activities for Years 9 and 10. It covers science as a human endeavour, science inquiry (Science), engineering principles and materials and technologies (Design and Technology).

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Separating Mixtures

Teach students to apply mixtures and separation techniques to the context of biomass waste reduction and process. 

This is a teacher resource for Science teachers, with activities for Years 7 and 8 chemical sciences.

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Taxonomy

Students will learn the importance of the taxonomy system and the importance of having a universal systems used to identify all living things.

This is a teacher resource for Science teachers, with activities for Years 7 and 8 biological sciences, science as a human endeavour and science inquiry.

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