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YEAR 5 - SOLAR SYSTEM
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An introduction to the Year 5 package and its links to the Australian Curriculum.
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A demonstration to introduce the concept of our expanding universe.
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A series of activities to allow students to explore static electricity and its role in forming our universe.
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Activities to explore gravity and its role in the formation of our universe.
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A research task to examine the shape of planetary bodies.
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An exploration of the concept 'we are star stuff'.
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An activity around the names of the planets and devices to remember them.
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A research and presentation activity around the planets in our solar system.
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An examination of the decision for Pluto's demotion from planet status.
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An activity to go with a great TED talk about living and working in very different time zones!
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The story of Nicolaus Copernicus and how STEM was used to find and honour him centuries after his death.
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A fantastic demonstration of how planetary paths become more elliptical as you move further away from the Sun.
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An activity to examine the distances between things in our universe and the measurements used.
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A great way to experience the vast distances between objects in our universe.
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An investigation to examine where the energy for life and other processes comes from on our planet.
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An investigation into temperature and enzymes (and just how important temperature is to life on Earth)
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An activity to discover magnetism and why it is so very important to life on Earth.
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The changing beliefs around our solar system.
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Students mark a homework activity - do they know how to follow a marking key?
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What's your universal address? Would aliens be able to find you?
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A PALMS Parent Power activity - an opportunity to learn how to navigate like our ancestors did, using the stars.