Year levels
Foundation to Year 2 Science Incursions
Incursions for Foundation (Prep), Year 1 and Year 2. Each one is practical, paced for short attention spans, and mapped to the Foundation to Level 2 band of the Victorian Curriculum 2.0.
$490 + GST per session, flat. No per-student fees. Bookings have a 2-session minimum.
What Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 science looks like with us
In the Victorian Curriculum 2.0, Science content descriptions and achievement standards for Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 sit in a single Foundation to Level 2 band. A Prep class, a Year 1 class and a Year 2 class are working toward the same checkpoint, so the same incursion can be pitched up or down on the day. Mixed Foundation/1 and 1/2 classes are common. Tell us the spread when you enquire.
At this band the work is noticing and describing. Students test which materials and shapes float and connect what they see to predictions about sinking and floating. They classify materials as transparent, translucent or opaque and watch light travel in straight lines to make shadows. They sort and group materials by their properties and argue about why one material suits a job better than another. They separate mixtures with magnets and find that mixing baking soda and vinegar produces a change that cannot easily be undone.
The Earth and weather sessions work the same way. Students measure hot and cold air with a simple thermometer and talk about how the day's weather changes what they do. In Water they use a natural chemical indicator to test samples for acid rain and pollution, then follow how water is used, moved and cleaned by people and by nature, and why fresh water is a limited resource.
Every program page below lists its own duration, group size and the exact content descriptions the session addresses.
Curriculum coverage
The distinct Victorian Curriculum v2.0 content descriptions addressed across the programs on this page.
- VC2S2U04Core
Objects are made of materials that have observable properties able to be described using the senses. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U05Core
Materials can be combined, and mixtures can have properties that are different from their original materials. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U11Core
Pushes and pulls can change the speed, direction or shape of an object, and vary in strength and direction. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U10Core
The way an object moves depends on factors including its size, shape and the material it is made from. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2I01Core
Experiences and observations can be used as a basis for posing questions and making predictions about familiar objects and events. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U12Core
Sound is produced by vibrating materials, and the pitch and volume of a sound can be changed. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2I03Core
Guided investigations, including making observations using the senses and informal measurement, can be used to explore and answer questions. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2I04Core
Data and information can be sorted and ordered using provided tables and simple representations to reveal patterns. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2TDE2C04Core
Identify how the characteristics and properties of materials and components affect the design of solutions. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U03Core
Living things have external features, including flowers and fruit in plants, that help them survive in their environment. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U02Core
Plants and animals have basic needs, including food, water and shelter, and habitats meet these needs in different ways. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U09Core
Earth's resources, including water, land and air, can be cared for through actions such as reducing, re using and recycling. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2U07Core
Daily and seasonal changes in weather and the environment can be observed and affect everyday decisions. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2TDE2D03Core
Use materials, components, tools and techniques to safely make designed solutions, following a sequence of steps. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S4U04Related
Solids, liquids and gases have different observable properties, and adding or removing heat can cause a substance to change state. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S4U10Related
Contact forces and non-contact forces, including friction, gravity, magnetism and static electricity, can be exerted between objects and affect their motion. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S6U04Related
Changes to materials can be reversible, such as melting or freezing, or irreversible, such as burning, and new substances can be formed in a chemical change. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2TDE2C01Related
Explain how technologies, including force and motion, affect the way products and systems move. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S2I05Related
Observations and results can be compared with predictions and with the observations of others. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S6U08Enrichment
Light from a source travels in straight lines, forms shadows, and can be absorbed, transmitted, reflected or refracted. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S4U02Enrichment
Different living things have different life cycles, and offspring are similar to but not identical to their parents. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S4U07Enrichment
Water is a resource used in a variety of ways, and it moves through the environment as part of the water cycle. View on VCAA ↗
- VC2S6U06Enrichment
Sudden geological changes, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and extreme weather events can affect Earth's surface, and human responses can reduce their impact. View on VCAA ↗
9 programs in this group
Chemical Sciences
Christmas SciTech
Students grow a crystal Christmas tree, mould a bouncy snowball, unmask mystery liquids with a colour-change indicator, make instant snow, launch Santa's sleigh and build a snowball catapult to take home.
Physical Sciences
How Objects Move
Students roll differently shaped objects, race a balloon-powered car, drop parachutes, launch foam pump rockets, and test what sinks or floats, exploring how pushes and pulls drive every outcome.
Physical Sciences
Light & Sound
Students sort materials as transparent, translucent or opaque, feel vibrations with tuning forks, build a box guitar to explore pitch, and create shadows with a torch.
Chemical Sciences
Materials & Mixing
Students identify mystery liquids, trigger a chemical reaction, transform a powder into instant snow, use a colour-change indicator, and separate iron filings from sand with a magnet.
Chemical Sciences
Wonderful World of Materials
Students sort and test everyday objects for magnetism, bounciness and waterproofing, discover that magnetic force passes through barriers, and build a friction-powered spinning top from paddle pop sticks and elastic bands.
Biological Sciences
Life Cycles
Students sort living and non-living specimens, model pollination with pipe-cleaner bees, examine seeds, set up their own mini-greenhouse, and observe live mealworms at different life stages.
Earth and Space Sciences
Water
Students identify mystery liquids including a polluted water sample, test for acid rain and pollution using a natural indicator, model the water cycle, and explore surface tension and how plants move water.
Earth and Space Sciences
Weather
Students model evaporation, condensation, transpiration and precipitation, investigate how temperature drives air movement, and build a shaving-foam rain cloud before making a tornado in a bottle.
Design and Technologies
Building & Construction
Young engineers build earthquake-tested cup towers, compare bridge designs to see why arches are stronger than flat spans, build and test their own pop-stick bridge, then design, compare and take home a catapult.
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Limited dates each term — one facilitator, one school per day.