Year levels
Foundation to Year 2 Science Incursions
Eight 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 program, 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.
- VC2S2U10Investigate how the size and shape of an object affects the way it moves, including rolling, sliding and floating
- VC2S2U11Use pushes and pulls to change the speed and direction of moving objects, including balloon-powered cars and foam pump rockets
- VC2S2U12Investigate that sound is produced by vibrating materials and that vibrations can be seen, heard and felt
- VC2S2U05Use senses to observe and describe the properties of a range of liquids and solids, and compare them to identify an unknown substance
- VC2S2U04Identify that objects can be made of one or more materials and describe their observable properties including hardness, texture and flexibility
- VC2S2U01Sort living, once-living and non-living things using observable features and give reasons for their choices
- VC2S2U02Identify the basic needs of plants and animals — food, water, air and shelter — and describe how habitats meet these needs
- VC2S2U03Sequence the life cycle stages of familiar plants and animals, and describe how offspring resemble but are not identical to their parents
- VC2S2U09Investigate the properties of water including surface tension and capillary action, and model the water cycle
- VC2S2U07Investigate how the movement of water and air in the atmosphere produces weather events including rain, wind and cyclones
- VCDSCD018Explore the properties of different construction materials and describe how shape and joining technique affect the strength and stability of a structure
- VCDSCD019Design and build towers and bridges to meet a simple brief, and test them under load including a simulated earthquake
- VCDSCD020Build a simple catapult and describe how a stored push force is released to move an object
- VCDSCD021Use personal preferences and what happened in testing to say which tower, bridge or catapult design worked best and why
8 programs in this group
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 simple machine 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 completing a life cycle.
Earth and Space Sciences
Water
Students identify mystery liquids, test for acid rain and pollution using a natural indicator, model the water cycle, and explore how plants and pipelines move water through capillary action.
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 and arch bridges, discovering which materials and joining techniques create stronger structures, then construct and fire a simple catapult.
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Limited dates each term — one facilitator, one school per day.