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956 practicals from Kindergarten to Year 12, in 9 subjects. A practical gives the idea, what you need, the steps, what you should see and a safety card. A teacher-led practical gives the idea and its hazards; its method is for tutors on the learning platform.

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Science and Technology K–6 · Biology · Ecosystems

  1. Science and Technology K–6 · Years 1–2

    Schoolyard minibeast survey: where small animals live

    Small animals live in places that give them what they need: damp, shade, food and cover.

    PracticalMedium risk

  2. Science and Technology K–6 · Years 1–2

    Which side do snails choose: damp or dry

    An animal moves to the conditions its body needs, and a choice chamber lets the animal show its need.

    PracticalLow risk

  3. Science and Technology K–6 · Years 3–4

    Who lives in leaf litter? A funnel survey and a food web

    A handful of leaf litter holds consumers and decomposers that depend on the producers above it, the trees that dropped the leaves, and sorting what lives there by what it eats builds a real food web from the school grounds.

    PracticalMedium risk

  4. Science and Technology K–6 · Year 4

    Decomposers at work: what rots in a sealed bag?

    Decomposers such as fungi and bacteria break down dead plant and animal material and return nutrients to the soil, while made materials such as plastic are not broken down.

    PracticalMedium risk

  5. Science and Technology K–6 · Year 6

    Schoolyard habitats: measuring physical conditions and counting who lives there

    Places a few metres apart in one schoolyard have measurably different temperature, light and soil moisture, and the number and kinds of small animals living in each follow those physical conditions.

    PracticalMedium risk

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