Year 1 Science - Physical Science Unit - Australian Curriculum

Includes an update to version 9 of the Australian Curriculum in addition to a WA curriculum planner. ✓ Editable Unit Planner ✓ Grading Guide ✓ Editable PowerPoint ✓ Worksheets ✓ Success Criteria/Learning Intentions

Year 1 Physical Science is a hands-on, curriculum-aligned 10-lesson science unit that explores forces, motion and change in a way that young learners love. Across this engaging term-long unit, students investigate pushes and pulls, their strength and direction, and how forces affect an object’s motion and shape, all while building strong inquiry skills aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

Designed to be taught over a full term, this 10-lesson unit includes everything you need to teach with confidence—clear lesson plans, engaging resources, and practical investigations that bring Physical Sciences to life in the Year 1 classroom.

✨ Why teachers love this unit
✩ Complete and classroom-ready: All lesson resources are included, from worksheets and posters to editable planning documents, saving you hours of preparation time.
✩ Editable planner: The detailed planner includes relevant Australian Curriculum links and a resources-needed column, making planning and reporting simple and streamlined.
✩ Teacher-friendly lesson design: Each lesson follows a clear 5–6 step structure with succinct instructions that highlight key teaching points, allowing you to focus on student engagement rather than paperwork.
✩ Fun, engaging and hands-on: Mrs Amy123 units are known for their cooperative learning strategies and active investigations. This unit includes whole-class and small-group experiments, with some lessons intentionally worksheet-free to maximise hands-on learning.
✩ Assessment made easy: An included grading guide clearly outlines what achievement looks like for grades A–E, based on two unit activities and directly linked to the Year 1 Science Achievement Standard.

📦 What’s included
♦ Editable planner (6 pages)
♦ Teaching resources (45 pages)
♦ Editable grading guide (1 page)
♦ Editable PowerPoint presentation (100+ pages)
♦ Editable learning intentions and success criteria

🎯 Outcomes covered

Physical Sciences: Describe pushes and pulls in terms of strength and direction and predict the effect of these forces on objects’ motion and shape (AC9S1U03)

Science Endeavour: Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions (AC9S1H01)

Inquiry Skills:
Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences (AC9S1I01)

Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions (AC9S1I02)

Make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate (AC9S1I03)

Sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models (AC9S1I04)

Compare observation with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance (AC9S1I05)

Write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary (AC9S1I06)

WA Curriculum: The strength and direction of a push or a pull force affects how an object moves or changes shape (WA1SSUP1)

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