SAMPLE LESSONS

Primary Investigations consists of seven teacher resource books and five student books. The teacher resource books provide easy-to-follow lesson plans, questions for class discussion, lesson commentaries and extensions, scientific background information and blackline masters. The student books set out investigations and extend students' technical reading.

The sample material listed below is in PDF format (you may prefer to start with an abbreviated HTML version of the Introduction to the Teacher Resource Books.)

BOOK 1
Awareness and
observation
Introduction		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Shapes
  • Fast drops, slow drops
    		•  Equipment list
    BOOK 2
    Order and
    organisation
    Introduction    		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Paper shapes
  • I'll huff and I'll puff
    		•  Equipment list
    BOOK 3
    Change and
    measurement
    Introduction    		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Play clay (teacher)
  • Play clay (student)
  • Changing pictures (teacher)
  • Changing pictures (student)
    		•  Equipment list
    BOOK 4
    Patterns and
    prediction
    Introduction    		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Magnets make patterns (teacher)
  • Magnets make patterns (student)
  • Whorls, arches and loops (teacher)
  • Whorls, arches and loops (student)
    		•  Equipment list
    BOOK 5
    Systems and
    analysis
    Introduction    		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Making a balloon rocket (teacher)
  • Making a balloon rocket (student)
  • Bottle divers (teacher)
  • Bottle divers (student)
    		•  Equipment list
    BOOK 6
    Energy and
    investigation
    Introduction    		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Liquid layers (teacher)
  • Liquid layers (student)
  • Jumping with energy (teacher)
  • Jumping with energy (student)
    		•  Equipment list
    BOOK 7
    Balance and
    decisions
    Introduction    		 Sample lessons:
  • Team games: Sand pendulums (teacher)
  • Sand pendulums (student)
  • Oo-Roo! (teacher)
  • Oo-Roo! (student)
    		•  Equipment list