ScienceSing Songs
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This section contains information about the songs and how they link to the Australian Curriculum, PrimaryConnections and Science by Doing units. The songs are:
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Below is a list of the songs with the links to the Australian Curriculum and Australian Academy of Science (AAS) PrimaryConnections units. I've also noted any links to the high school science resources at Science by Doing.
Click here for an excel spreadsheet of the information below organised by song and (in the second tab) by year group.
Go to the Teaching Materials page to find resources to use with the songs.
Blue dot (Time: 2:07)
Australian Curriculum: Earth and Space Sciences
Year 3 ACSSU048 Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day
Year 5 ACSSU078 The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting a star (the Sun)
Year 7 ACSSU115 Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon
Cross curricular priority: Sustainability
PrimaryConnections
Year 3: Night and day
Year 5: Earth’s place in space
Science by Doing
Year 7: Earth and Space
Electricity (Time 2:06)
Australian Curriculum: Physical sciences
Year 6 ACSU097 Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated from a range of sources
Year 7 ACSSU116 Some of Earth’s resources are renewable, including water that cycles through the environment, but others are non-renewable
Year 8 ACSSU155 Energy appears in different forms, including movement (kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and energy transformations and transfers cause change within systems
Cross curricular priority: Sustainability
PrimaryConnections
Year 6: Circuits and Switches
Year 6: Essential Energy
Science by Doing
Year 7: Earth and Space
Year 8: Energy
Illumination (Time: 2:36)
Australian Curriculum: Physical Sciences
Year 1 ACSSU020 Light and sound are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed
Year 5 ACSSU080 Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted
PrimaryConnections
Year 1: Look! Listen!
Year 5: Light shows
Particle party (Time: 2:09)
Australian Curriculum: Chemical Sciences
Year 3 ACSSU046 A change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat
Year 5 ACSSU077 Solids, liquids and gases have different properties and behave in different ways
Year 6 ACSSU095 Changes to materials can be reversible, such as melting, freezing, evaporating; or irreversible, such as burning and rusting
Year 8 ACSSU151 Properties of the different states of matter can be explained in terms of the motion and arrangement of particles
Year 8 ACSSU152 Differences between elements, compounds and mixtures can be described at a particle level
PrimaryConnections
Year 3: Melting moments
Year 5: What’s the matter
Science by Doing
Year 6: Change detectives
Year 8: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Push pull twist (Time: 2:42)
Australian Curriculum: Physical sciences
Foundation ACSSU005 The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape
Year 1 ACSSU018 Everyday materials can be physically changed in a variety of ways
Year 2 ACSU033 A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape
Year 4 ACSSU076 Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance
Year 7 ACSSU117 Change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravitational attraction, acting on the object
PrimaryConnections
Foundation: on the move
Year 1 Bend it! Stretch it!
Year 2: Push-pull
Year 2: Machine makers
Year 4: Smooth Moves
Year 4: Magnetic Moves
Science by Doing
Year 7: Science of Toys
Rock Song (Time: 2:08)
Australian Curriculum: Earth and Space Sciences
Year 4 ACSSU075 Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity
Year 5 ACSSU096 Sudden geological changes and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface
Year 8 ACSSU153 Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks contain minerals and are formed by processes that occur within Earth over a variety of timescales
Primary Connections
Year 4: Beneath our feet
Year 5: Earthquake Explorers
Year 5: Creators and Destroyers
Science by Doing
Year 8: Rock Your World
Survivor (Time: 3:09)
Australian Curriculum: Biological Sciences
Year 1 ACSSU017 Living things have a variety of external features
Year 4 ACSSU073 Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive
Year 5 ACSSU043 Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment
Year 6 ACSSU094 The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment
Year 7 ACSSU112 Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs
Year 8 ACSSU150 Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of organs carrying out specialised functions that enable them to survive and reproduce
PrimaryConnections
Year 1: Schoolyard Safari
Year 4: Among the gumtrees
Year 4: Friends or Foes
Year 5: Desert Survivors
Year 6: Rising Salt
Science by Doing
Year 7: Circle of Life
Year 8: From Little Things Big Things Grow
Thank a plant (Time: 2:05)
Australian Curriculum: Biological Sciences
Foundation ACSSU002 Living things have basic needs, including food and water
Year 1 ACSSU211 Living things live in different places where their needs are met
Year 2 ACSSU030 Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves
Year 4 ACSSU072 Living things have life cycles
Year 4 ACSSU073 Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive
Year 7 ACSSU112 Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs
Cross curricular priority: Sustainability
PrimaryConnections
Foundation: Staying alive
Foundation: Growing well
Year 1: Schoolyard Safari
Year 2: Watch It Grow
Year 4: Plants in Action
Year 4: Among the Gumtrees
Year 4: Friends or Foes?
Science by Doing
Year 7: Circle of Life