Lessons

Fun with Crystals  
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/chemistry/crystals.html 

 Making Glue
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/chemistry/makeglue.html

 Making Styrofoam 
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/chemistry/styrofoam.html 

 Making Plastic
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/chemistry/plastic.html 

 Baking Reactions
http://www.littlekitchen.co.nz/assets/Schools/MOD0110-LKFS-Web-ChemicalReactions-v5-2.pdf 

  Changes that occur when materials are heated or cooled
http://www.littlekitchen.co.nz/assets/Schools/MOD0110-LK-TeacherGuide-1-v4.pdf

 Types of Mixtures
http://www.littlekitchen.co.nz/assets/Schools/MOD0110-LKFS-Web-TypesofMixtures-v5.pdf

  Prepare and construct ideas for a purpose and audience
http://www.littlekitchen.co.nz/assets/Schools/MOD0110-LK-TeacherGuide-2-v4.pdf

 States of Matter
http://www.littlekitchen.co.nz/assets/Schools/MOD0110-LKFS-Web-StatesofMatter-v5.pdf

  Investigating chemical changes in the kitchen
http://www.littlekitchen.co.nz/assets/Schools/MOD0110-LK-TeacherGuide-3-v3.pdf

 Related resources
There is an interesting story in Junior Journal, no 23 about losing power at home, which can help students learn about electricity.
Making Sense of the Physical World L1-4 has a chapter on electricity, p65-81, including activities on simple circuits.
Science exemplars that look at electricity include ‘Torches’ (L2) and ‘Zap it! A Toastie Explanation’ (L3):www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/sci/index_e.php
Steve Spangler resources:
www.stevespanglerscience.com
More on mixing soft drink and mints:
www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/dietcokementos.html
These sorts of experiments are a good link into teaching measurement and ratios. The Figure It Outseries has books on measurement and proportional reasoning at various levels, and other resources can be found at www.nzmaths.co.nz
The story of the Bitaba bird: see www.magickeys.com/books/bitaba/index.html
Activities and investigations about rocks and land formations can be found in Making Better Sense of Planet Earth and Beyond.
Two books in the Building Science Concepts series may be useful – Volcanoes: Hot Rocks in a Cool World (book 12) and Earthquakes: Feeling the Earth Move (book 40).
Connected (2) 2003 has an article ‘A History of Rocks’ that explains how rocks, including pounamu, form over time.

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