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Living Things and Habitats
Living Things and Habitats

Living Things and Habitats

Practise identifying living things and habitats with this free, editable Year 1 lesson. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, covering objectives such as: recognise that living things have a variety of external features and live in different places. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.

Light and Sound
Light and Sound

Light and Sound

This Year 1 light and sound lesson is ready to present in class. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, covering objectives such as: explore how light and sound are produced and can be sensed. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and present for free.

Earth and Space
Earth and Space

Earth and Space

Help your Year 1 students explore earth and space with this editable lesson. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, covering objectives such as: observe and describe changes in the sky and landscape. Sign up free to Chalkie.ai to adapt this for your class.

Materials and Properties
Materials and Properties

Materials and Properties

An Australian Curriculum-aligned Year 1 lesson covering materials and properties, including objectives such as: describe the properties and behaviour of familiar materials in everyday life. Fully editable on Chalkie.ai. Sign up free to customise.

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Four slide-based Year 1 science lessons spanning all four science understanding areas of the Australian Curriculum v9.0: living things and habitats (biological sciences), light and sound (physical sciences), earth and space, and materials and properties (chemical sciences). Students investigate the external features of living things, how light and sound are produced and sensed, changes in the sky and landscape, and how everyday materials behave.

Each deck lists its curriculum objectives and follows the same rhythm: hook the class with a question or image, teach the key idea explicitly, then guide students through observation and discussion tasks. That structure keeps a Year 1 science session focused even when excitement runs high.

Present the lessons as they are, or edit them in Chalkie first, swapping animals, sounds or materials for ones your students can see and touch at school. Planning a term of Year 1 science lessons becomes an afternoon's work instead of a holiday project.

What Year 1 Science covers

  • Living Things and Habitats

    Students recognise that living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their needs are met.

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  • Light and Sound

    Students explore how light and sound are produced by everyday sources and how both can be sensed by people and animals.

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  • Earth and Space

    Students observe and describe changes in the sky and landscape, recording what they notice across days and seasons.

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  • Materials and Properties

    Students describe the properties and behaviour of familiar materials and connect those properties to how the materials are used every day.

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