Year 2

Take, shape and create

Students learn about the properties of materials and how materials can be physically changed without changing their inherent properties. They apply this knowledge to design and make a 3D sculpture using repurposed everyday materials.

'Take, shape and create' is one of our new teaching sequences for AC V9

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Launch

Lesson 1 • How can we change familiar objects?

Students are introduced to the core concept and context—creating 3D sculptures by physically changing materials.

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Inquire

Lesson 2 • What changes?

Students explore the effects of different physical actions (changes) on different materials to determine if the materials are flexible.

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Lesson 3 • Elastic plastic?

Students explore the effects of different physical actions on different types of plastic, to determine if plastic is both flexible and elastic.

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Lesson 4 • What could wood do?

Students explore the effects of bending wood in order to determine if or when wood is flexible.

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Lesson 5 • What can paper do?

Students explore the effects of folding paper, and how being folded might change its strength.

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Lesson 6 • What happens to playdough when it is left exposed to air?

Students explore how the properties of playdough change as it dries out.

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Act

Lesson 7 • Changing materials to build a sculpture

Students consolidate their learning by designing and making a sculpture that uses everyday materials that have been physically changed.

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Curriculum and syllabus alignment

Achievement standards

By the end of Year 2 students identify ways to change materials without changing their material composition. They describe how people use science in their daily lives and how people use patterns to make scientific predictions.

Students pose questions to explore observed patterns or relationships and make predictions based on experience. They suggest steps to be followed in an investigation and follow safe procedures to make and record observations. They use provided tables and organisers to sort and order data and represent patterns in data. With guidance, they compare their observations with those of others, identify whether their investigation was fair and identify further questions. They use everyday and scientific vocabulary to communicate observations, findings and ideas.

Australian Curriculum V9 alignment

Science as a human endeavour

Science understanding

Science inquiry