LEVEL 3 & 4 SCHOOL SCIENCE INCURSIONS

Science to bring the WOW!

  • Science incursions aligned to the Victorian curriculum 2.0

  • Delivered by qualified teachers experienced in science education

  • Workshops available in a 60 or 90 minute format

  • FUN and interactive to engage and excite

  • Small group sizes of up to 30 students per workshop to maximise hands-on learning

The world is full of amazing things just waiting to be discovered. Our supercharged workshops encourage middle year students to investigate the world around them using the scientific process and scientific inquiry methods. Through fun and exciting activities they will develop a solid understanding of the biological, chemical, physical, and Earth and space sciences.

Biology

Explore the diverse range of living things that have evolved on Earth over hundreds of millions of years, including animals, plants and microorganisms.

Ancient Fossils
Level 3 – 6

Living things have evolved over time so they are better prepared to survive and thrive in their environments. Investigate real fossils and explore the fascinating story of life. Learn how climate and human activity had a major impact on the survival of certain species. Cast your own fossil and investigate dinosaur teeth and claws, you may be surprised at what they uncover. 

Organisms have evolved over time, as seen in fossils and scientific records; the structural features and behaviours of living organisms enable them to thrive in their environments VC2S6U02

Habitats can be described by their physical conditions; changing the physical conditions of a habitat, including by human activity, may affect the growth and survival of organisms VC2S6U01

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills  Level 3 to 6

Clever Plants
Foundation – Level 6

Plants are the only life forms that can produce their own food using energy from sunlight. In this FUN hands-on incursion explore the lifecycle of plants, from seed dispersal and germination to pollination and growth. Learn how plants adapt and survive in different environments. Plant your own seeds and determine how environmental conditions affect growth.

Plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment VC2S2U03

Plants and animals have basic needs, including air, water, food and shelter; the places where they live meet those needs VC2S2U02

Plants and animals have different life cycles; offspring are similar, but not identical, to their parents VC2S4U02

Consumers, producers and decomposers have different roles and interactions within a habitat; food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships VC2S4U03

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 6

Creatures Alive
Foundation – Level 6

Learn what distinguishes living things from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils. Explore life cycles and how biological systems are interdependent, interacting with each other and their environments. Use lenses and microscopes to get a closer look at external features and how they relate to function. Get hands-on with some wiggly worms.

Plants and animals have observable features that can be used to group them in different ways VC2S2U01

Plants and animals have external features that perform different functions to enable their survival; in plants these features include roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, bulbs, trunks and branches while different features in animals enable them to move, breathe, eat and respond to their environment VC2S2U03

Plants and animals have basic needs, including air, water, food and shelter; the places where they live meet those needs VC2S2U02

Living things have characteristics that distinguish them from non-living things and things that were once living, including fossils VC2S4U01

Plants and animals have different life cycles; offspring are similar, but not identical, to their parents VC2S4U02

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 6

Chemistry

Explore physical changes and investigate some WOW chemical reactions that result in the production of new substances.

Mighty Materials
Foundation - Level 4

Investigate the composition and properties of materials in this unique workshop. Sort materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics into natural and made; and explore their properties and purposes in fun ways. Combine materials to make interesting mixtures and discover how they can change. See materials and fibres through completely different eyes under high-magnification microscopes.

Objects can be made of one or more different materials; these materials have observable properties VC2S2U04

Materials can be combined in a variety of ways for particular purposes; the properties of objects and mixtures can differ from the properties of the materials from which they are made VC2S2U05

Materials can be changed physically by different actions without changing their material composition, including by bending, twisting, stretching, crushing, squashing and breaking into smaller pieces VC2S2U06

The properties of natural and made materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics, influence their use and re-use VC2S4U05

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 4

Solids Liquids & Gases
Level 3 - 6

All about solids, liquids and gases and so much more! Matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space. Earth, and everything on it, is made of matter, and so are all the stars and planets in the universe. But what makes up matter? Investigate the three main states of matter and how they change between state. Explore a peculiar substance that is sometimes like a solid and other times like a liquid. 

Solids, liquids and gases have observable properties; adding or removing heat energy leads to a change of state between solids, liquids and gases VC2S4U04

The observable properties of matter (solids, liquids and gases) can be explained by modelling the motion and arrangement of their particles; mixtures (including solutions) can be formed by combining 2 or more different substances VC2S6U03

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Reactive Chemistry
Level 3 - 6

This fun workshop will draw even the most reluctant young scientist into the vivid world of chemistry. Through a series of exciting investigations learn about the reactive nature of everyday substances when they are combined in different ways. Explore the phenomena of acid/base reactions and polymerization at the particle level. Includes a memorable demonstration. 

Changes to substances may be reversible, in which case the substance may be recovered, or irreversible, in which case new substances are formed; for most substances a change of state or dissolving in water is reversible, while irreversible changes include cooking and rusting VC2S6U04

The properties of natural and made materials, including fibres, metals, glass and plastics, influence their use and re-use VC2S4U05

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Physics

Enter a fast-paced world of energy and motion. There's pulsating electrics, colourful light and some HOT science!

Fantastic Forces
Level 3 - 6

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand our universe. Like Newton back in the 17th century, discover the laws of gravity and motion in this action-packed workshop. Explore all things forces including frictional, gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic. Through highly engaging activities investigate how forces affect the speed and direction of objects.

Forces, including frictional, gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic, can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance and affect the motion (speed and direction) of objects VC2S4U10

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Supercharged Electrics
Level 3 - 6

One of our most popular supercharged workshops full of pulsating hands-on activities. Pull apart an electric motor and explore electromagnets. In small collaborative groups create multiple circuit-based projects using easy snap together components including incandescent globes, LEDS, motors, buzzers and flying propellers. Investigate parallel and series circuits; insulators and conductors.

Materials may be electrical insulators or conductors; energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits where the components of a circuit play particular roles in the function of the circuit VC2S6U09

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Colourful Light
Level 3 - 6

Open your eyes to the colourful world light. In this interactive workshop investigate the composition, properties and movement of light energy. Manipulate the path of light using mirrors to reflect and concave and convex lenses to refract. Get creative with some shadow and black light investigations. Explore chemiluminescence with amazing chemical reactions that produce light.

Heat energy can be generated from different sources; temperature changes may happen when heat is transferred from one object to another VC2S4U09

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Feeling Hot Hot Hot
Level 3 - 6

The more heat, the more motion within a system's particles. Don't sweat this HOT workshop, learn how heat energy is produced, transferred and how it can be used for a purpose. Observe an exciting combustion reaction with lots of fire. Reveal secrets with heat sensing thermochromic dyes and make a spinning novelty powered by heat. Understand how it all starts with The Sun.

Heat energy can be generated from different sources; temperature changes may happen when heat is transferred from one object to another VC2S4U09

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Foundation to Level 2

Earth & Space

Explore our place in the solar system which is part of a much larger universe. Blast off with some epic space & Earth science!

Earth & Space
Level 3-6

Time to blast off into the depths of space and explore our fascinating solar system. Learn fun facts about the 8 planets in our solar system and order them in different ways. Explore moons, comets, asteroids and space rocks as well as several dwarf planets, such as Pluto. Understand that The Sun is at the centre of our solar system and is the star in which all other planets including Earth orbit due to gravitational pull.

The force of gravity keeps Earth and other planets in the solar system in orbit around the Sun; cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length, can be related to Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the Sun VC2S6U07

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Climate Change
Level 3-6

Climate change presents a fundamental threat to human health. It affects the physical environment (the land, air and water) as well as all aspects of both natural and human systems. Explore long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns through modelling. Investigate how human activity such as burning fossil fuels can affect climate, and what we can all do to slow global warming.

Weather events and climate have impacts on the land, air, water and living things; human activity can affect climate VC2S4U08

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

Rocks & Minerals
Level 3-6

Become a geologist in training during this rock'n workshop. Learn about the Rock Cycle and how rocks in the Earth's crust are constantly changing forms over long periods, alternating between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. Identify rocks and minerals by performing various tests such as hardness, streak and luster. Experiment with minerals that glow under UV light, float in water and are edible.

Rocks, minerals and soils are important Earth resources and have observable properties that enable them to be used in a variety of ways VC2S4U06

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6

All About Water
Level 3-6

Be awed by the power of water! In this wet hands-on workshop, model weathering and erosion to experience how these geological processes can cause slow or rapid changes to the Earth's surface. Explore the amazing properties of water such as cohesion, polarity and solubility. Water is an important and precious resource, investigate where it comes from and how it cycles through the sky, land and ocean.

Water is an important Earth resource that originates from various sources; water cycles through the environment by moving through the sky, landscape and ocean, and involves processes including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, melting, freezing, crystallisation, infiltration and run-off VC2S4U07

Geological processes including weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition can cause slow or rapid changes to Earth’s surface VC2S6U05

Science as Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills Level 3 to 6