Chemical Sciences Teaching Resources
Explore the chemical sciences in your primary classroom this school year with the help of activities, worksheets and experiments created just for Australian teachers like you!
This collection of printable and digital activities is stocked with everything you need to meet Australian science curriculum standards for chemistry, including resources focused on substances and mixtures, liquids and solids and more. Introduce the periodic table, explore density, discuss freezing and melting and dive deep into chemical changes.
Each resource in this extensive collection has undergone a thorough review by a member of the Teach Starter science teaching team to ensure it's ready for your lesson plans and your students.
- Plus Plan
Facts of the Matter PowerPoint Presentation
A 22 slide editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about the states of matter in Science.
- Plus Plan
Material World PowerPoint - Processed and Natural Materials
Discover the difference between processed and natural materials with an instructional slide show.
- Plus Plan
Solids, Liquids and Gases PowerPoint
A 31 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about solids, liquids and gases.
- Plus Plan
Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases – Worksheet
A cut and paste activity that explores the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
- Plus Plan
Material World Beanbag Toss Game
A fun game to play when learning about the properties of materials.
- Plus Plan
Solids, Liquids and Gases – Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify solids, liquids and gases.
- Free Plan
Changing States – Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate your students' understanding of state changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid.
- Plus Plan
States of Matter Poster
A poster showing the States of Matter.
- Plus Plan
Science Experiment – States of Matter
A science experiment that investigates how a substance's state of matter can be changed.
- Free Plan
States of Matter Word Wall Vocabulary
Review vocabulary related to matter with a printable illustrated States of Matter Word Wall.
- Plus Plan
Chemical Sciences: Clever Changes – Teaching Presentation
A 56-slide teaching presentation introducing facts about different chemical changes to different materials.
- Plus Plan
Uses of Materials Sorting Activity
A fun sorting activity for students to explore the materials objects are made of.
- Plus Plan
States of Matter: Liquids – Poster
An educational poster explaining the properties of liquids.
- Plus Plan
Processed Materials Poster
A poster displaying different processed materials and explaining what processed materials are.
- Plus Plan
Natural Materials Poster
A poster displaying different natural materials and explaining what natural materials are.
- Plus Plan
Material World Resource Pack
Learn about natural and manmade materials with a printable resource pack.
- Plus Plan
Properties of Materials Word Wall Vocabulary
Forty-eight 'properties of materials' vocabulary cards.
- Plus Plan
States of Matter: Solids – Poster
An educational poster explaining the properties of solids.
- Plus Plan
States of Matter: Gases – Poster
An educational poster explaining the properties of gases.
- Plus Plan
Things That Stretch, Bend and Twist – Hands On Materials
A hands on sorting activity for materials that stretch, bend and twist.
- Plus Plan
States of Matter Properties Venn Diagram
A cut and paste activity that explores the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
- Plus Plan
Man-Made vs Natural Materials Worksheet
Identify man-made and natural materials in the classroom with a gallery walk organiser.
- Plus Plan
Understanding States of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet that allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of solids, liquids and gases.
- Plus Plan
What If? Materials Template
A set of 6 templates to use when investigating the properties of materials.
- Plus Plan
Natural Science PowerPoint - How Do People Use Natural Resources?
A teaching presentation discussing natural resources and how humans interact with them.
- Plus Plan
Melting and Freezing - Worksheet
An activity to demonstrate how a change of state between solid and liquid (and back again) can be caused by adding or removing heat.
- Plus Plan
Types of Materials - Printable Anchor Charts
Introduce your students to the different types of materials with a pack of printable anchor charts.
- Plus Plan
The State of Matter Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students classify a substance's state of matter by observing changes to its properties.
- Plus Plan
The Three States of Matter – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a scientific report from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
- Plus Plan
What's the Use? PowerPoint - Developing a Hypothesis to Investigate
A teaching presentation discussing the development of a scientific hypothesis.
- Plus Plan
My Ecological Footprint Worksheet
A worksheet which will have the students evaluate their ecological footprint and compare it with the class.
- Plus Plan
Jack and the Beanstalk (Made Differently!) PowerPoint
A 16 slide teaching presentation to use when exploring the properties of materials.
- Chemical Sciences Worksheets
- Chemical Sciences Posters
- Chemical Sciences Teaching Presentations
- Chemical Sciences for Foundation Year
- Chemical Sciences for Year 1
- Chemical Sciences for Year 2
- Chemical Sciences for Year 3
- Chemical Sciences for Year 4
- Chemical Sciences for Year 5
- Chemical Sciences for Year 6