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DIY Kits: Chemical Sciences

Put your students' senses to the test by exploring the power of Chemical Sciences.

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Hire now for Term 3, 2024! We’ll deliver to any registered school in Western Australia

Please note bookings for Term 2, 2024 have now closed. Bookings for Term 3, 2024 will close at the end of week 8, Term 2 (Friday 7th June, 2024). After this date, we can only accept bookings for Term 4, 2024.

Discover what makes materials different by exploring their chemical properties in this DIY Science Kit.

Learn about the states of matter, examine different materials with a digital microsope and investigate what makes them different, and how we can adapt them for everyday use.

Each kit is packed full of all the equipment and teaching resources needed to run up to 8 weeks’ worth of themed lessons, experiments and investigations.

Each lesson is designed to support teachers in the delivery of the Chemical Sciences Science Understanding of the Western Australian Science Curriculum. Students also have plenty of opportunities to design and plan their own investigations, which will allow them to improve Science Inquiry Skills, and to explore Science as a Human Endeavour.

You will also be given access to the electronic copies of the teacher resource books, worksheets and investigation planners. They are free for you to keep on your own device even after your kit hire has finished.

With the Chemical Sciences Kit, students can:

  • Explore the physical properties of materials.
  • Learn about changing states, mixtures and solutions.
  • Manipulate materials to discover if they stretch, squish or twist.
  • Make popcorn and damper to investigate changes caused by heat.
  • Make a fly trap from recycled materials.
  • Discover the different properties of man-made, natural and magnetic materials.
  • Investigate changing states using different materials.
  • Understand the properties of liquids, solids and gases.
  • Explore mixtures and solutions and find out whether combustion is a chemical reaction.

Western Australian Curriculum links

  • Science Inquiry Skills
  • Science as a Human Endeavour

Duration

8 weeks

Age Group

Pre-primary – Year 6

 

DIY kits are available for hire by registered Western Australian schools for use solely within and by the staff at the hiring school.

Scitech gratefully acknowledge Rio Tinto who support this program.

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