Free Foundation Science Worksheets for Teachers

Science in Foundation is about noticing: what living things need, how everyday materials look and behave, and how the weather and seasons change around us. These Foundation science worksheets cover the three topics young scientists meet in their first year, living things, materials and objects, and weather and seasons, with simple observe-and-record tasks suited to early learners.

All worksheets align to the Australian Curriculum v9.0, and each one lists the objectives it covers, from describing the needs of living things to observing daily and seasonal changes in the local environment. That makes it straightforward to drop a page into a science unit or connect it to a morning routine like a daily weather chart.

Print them for whole-class science sessions, or use them to record what students noticed during outdoor observation walks. Sign up to Chalkie for free to edit any worksheet before printing; many teachers adapt the weather pages to match their local climate and season.