Resources
This page contains newly developed materials. The content is building and growing with an emphasis on real world Australian science contexts and scientists.
Science by Doing is engaging and collaborating with educators, science education academics, and scientists across Australia and internationally, to develop curriculum materials to support educators to bring science to life.
Pre-2022 curriculum unit files are available to download here.Resources
Multiple strands
(3-2-1 Bridge)
A resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science article content, including a student infographic to guide teacher discussion and a teacher explainer.
Biological Science
(See Wonder Think)
A resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide teacher discussion and a teacher explainer.
Chemical Science
This resource includes a link to an international podcast that explores glass. It includes a student template and a teacher explainer.
Chemical Science
The hero of this resource is the article produced by the Australian Academy of Science Can a broken windscreen be recycled? It invites students to investigate glass by uncovering its significance of the topic in multiple contexts. Including the 3 Whys thinking routine, it guides students to consider local-global connections. To contextualise learning, students are directed to the relevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Chemical Science
This resource guides students to explore glass and the challenges of recycling complex materials. The resource refers to Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Veena Sahajwalla and her research on recycling of complex materials at the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT).
Multiple strands
Explore how to engage your students with contemporary science through a range of Australian and international podcasts.
Multiple strands
(Circle of Action)
A resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Biological Science
(Connect Extend Challenge)
A COVID-19 resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
(Connect Extend Challenge)
A science and technology resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
(Connect Extend Challenge)
A science and technology resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
(Connect Extend Challenge)
(Circle of Action)
A human population resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
(Connect Extend Challenge)
A science and technology resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
(Connect Extend Challenge)
(Circle of Action)
A climate change resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
(Connect Extend Challenge)
(Circle of Action)
A climate change resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Biological Science
(Connect Extend Challenge)
A COVID-19 resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
External resources
Multiple strands
The Academy’s videos and articles include content that reflects the latest in science. Short and engaging, these science explainers are invaluable for teaching secondary science.
Multiple strands
Search Australian Academy Fellows by discipline and watch short videos of Fellows describing their research.
Multiple strands
Find practitioners who are members of an online discovery platform featuring women in Australia working and engaging in STEM.
Multiple strands
This toolkit is packed with information, activities and a career quiz to build girls' confidence in STEM.
Biological Science
Visit the Australian Academy of Science website to explore information resources about genetic modification (GM) including a video and booklet with case studies, visual representations, and a useful glossary. Topics covered include: GM crops, GM foods, food processing, and medicine.
Biological Science
Visit the Australian Academy of Science website to explore information resources about the science of immunisation including videos, infographics and a booklet of questions and answers in easy-to-understand language.
Multiple strands
Visit the Australian Academy of Science website to explore up-to-date information resources that aim to contribute to increasing awareness of climate science including a link to the Academy’s climate change hub: a trusted source of climate science and solutions.