About Primary Connections

Primary Connections is the Academy’s flagship primary science program to enhance teachers’ confidence and capability for teaching science.

Primary Connections focuses on developing students’ knowledge, understanding, and skills in science through a guided-inquiry approach.

Offering interactive teaching resources and embedded professional learning, Primary Connections is a comprehensive resource for educators. It draws on contemporary science education research, as well as teacher feedback, to produce a practical program that supports teachers in implementing strategies and pedagogies for inspiring and engaging science learning.

Primary Connections is supported by the Australian Government Department of Education.

Explore our new sequences for AC V9

Explore our new digital interactive teaching sequences for primary science, with more sequences to come throughout the year.

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Teaching sequences for AC V9

Australian Curriculum-aligned primary science teaching and learning resources. Flexible and adaptable to any classroom setting. Online, downloadable and free.

Welcome to the new-look Primary Connections!

Explore new all-online primary science teaching sequences for the Australian Curriculum V9 as well as our classic AC V8.4 resources, plus embedded support for understanding key ideas and pedagogical practices.

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Explore our new teaching sequences

Our new teaching sequences are designed from the ground up to be easily adapted for your students. You can use the step-by-step outlines as-is or adapt them using the built-in design advice, with confidence that your teaching is grounded in the latest research and fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum V9.

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