Year 1 Science - Biological Science Unit - Australian Curriculum

Bring Year 1 Biological Science to life with this engaging 10-lesson unit on living things and their external features, fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9, with a bonus WA curriculum planner! In this hands-on unit, students explore how living things look, how they live, and how their needs are met in different environments through meaningful investigations and collaborative learning experiences.

Designed to be taught across a term, this 10-lesson Year 1 Biological Science unit includes everything you need to plan, teach, assess and engage your students with confidence. All lesson resources are included, from worksheets and posters to editable planning and assessment tools, saving you hours of preparation time.

Each lesson is intentionally simple, clear and teacher-friendly, broken into five to six concise steps with explicit instructions that highlight key learning points. This allows you to focus on your students, maximise engagement, and make the most of teachable moments throughout each lesson.

True to Mrs Amy123’s style, the unit is fun, engaging and highly interactive, incorporating a wide range of cooperative learning strategies. While many lessons include worksheets, others are deliberately worksheet-free to prioritise discussion, movement, experiments and hands-on learning. Students participate in whole-class and small-group investigations that build curiosity and deepen understanding.

The unit also includes an editable grading guide, clearly outlining what achievement looks like from A–E, based on two assessment tasks within the unit. This guide is explicitly linked to the Year 1 Science Achievement Standard, making assessment clear, consistent and curriculum-aligned.

An editable planner is included, complete with Australian Curriculum links and a resources-needed column, giving you flexibility to tailor the unit to your classroom while staying fully aligned.

Included resources:

• Editable planner (6 pages) (+WA curriculum version)

• Teaching and student resources (62 pages)

• Editable grading guide (1 page)

• Editable learning intentions and success criteria

Outcomes covered:

Biological Sciences:
· Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017)
· Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211)

Plants and animals have external features that serve a purpose and by which they can be grouped (WA1SSUB1) (WA Curriculum)

Science Endeavour:
· Science involves asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE034)
· People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE035)

Inquiry Skills:
· Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events (ACSIS024)
· Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions (ACSIS025)
· Use informal measurements to collect and record observations, using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS026)
· Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables through discussion, compare observations with predictions (ACSIS027)
· Compare observations with those of others (ACSIS041)
· Represent and communicate observation and ideas in a variety of ways (ACSIS029)

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