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
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)
(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 human population resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
A user-friendly resource package of year-level appropriate science books for students, a student template to scaffold a book review, and a teacher explainer.
Multiple strands
Explore how to engage your students with contemporary science through a range of Australian and international podcasts.
New resource
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
An ‘at-a-glance’ planner of international days, national environmental initiatives and special events.
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)
A science and technology resource incorporating Australian Academy of Science video content, including a student infographic to guide discussion and a teacher explainer.
External resources
Multiple strands
Search Australian Academy Fellows by discipline and watch short videos of Fellows describing their research.
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.
Multiple strands
This toolkit is packed with information, activities and a career quiz to build girls' confidence in STEM.
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
Find practitioners who are members of an online discovery platform featuring women in Australia working and engaging in STEM.
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.