Wattle Gum Curriculum Foundation Science – Seven Little Australians & Counting

Science in the Foundation Year focuses on three areas. Australian animals, birds, reptiles and insects, grouping them according to features. The factors and movement of objects and the makeup and properties of materials. We will also be looking at people who have contributed to science.

Encourage your child’s questions and predictions, their observation and analytical skills. Important approaches in engaging your child’s interest in science.

Our Science curriculum, resource recommendations and implementation instructions are in the printable pdf.

Curriculum Content: Science – Australian Curriculum

Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Series	Target Age	Print Status	Curriculums
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon	Slade, Suzanne	Jamison, Veronica Miller	Astronomy, Katherine Johnson		5-12 Years	In Print
An Engineer Like Me	Somara, Shini	Sarell, Nadja	Engineering	Like Me	4-8 Years	In Print
Big Red Kangaroo	Saxby, Claire	Byrne, Graham	Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Red Kangaroos	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	Out Of Print
Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture	Stein, Joshua David	Rothman, Julia	Architecture		5-10 Years	In Print
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon	Becker, Helaine	Phumiruk, Dow	Katherine Johnson, Space Technology		5-12 Years	In Print
Dingo	Saxby, Claire	Harricks, Tannya	Dingo, Mammals, Placental Mammals	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Electrons	Wissinger, Mary	Rodis, Harriet Kim Ahn	Chemistry, Electrons	My First Science Textbook	4-8 Years	In Print
Emu	Saxby, Claire	Byrne, Graham	Emu	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO1 Aust JD
Great White Shark	Saxby, Claire	Lane, Cindy	Sharks	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA	Davies, Nicola	Sutton, Emily	Biology		5-10 Years	In Print
Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life	Wallmark, Laurie	Wu, Katy	Communications, Hedy Lamarr, Inventors		5-12 Years	In Print
Koala	Saxby, Claire	Vivas, Julie	Bushfire, Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Kookaburra	Saxby, Claire	Harricks, Tannya	Kookaburras	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars	Parachini, Jodie	Badiu, Alexandra	Astronomy, Jocelyn Bell Burnell		5-12 Years	In Print
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet	Rusch, Elizabeth	Martinez, Teresa	Chemistry, Mario Molina, Ozone Layer		5-12 Years	In Print
Ouch: Tales of Gravity	Simpson, Kate	Hardiman, Andy	Gravity, Physics		5-10 Years	In Print
Papa’s Mechanical Fish	Fleming, Candace	Kulikov, Boris	Inventors, Lodner Phillips, Physics		5-10 Years	In Print
Platypus	Whiting , Sue	Jackson, Mark	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Protons and Neutrons	Wissinger, Mary	Rodis, Harriet Kim Ahn	Atoms, Chemistry	My First Science Textbook	4-8 Years	In Print
Python	Cheng, Christopher	Jackson, Mark	Pythons, Snakes	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Searching for Cicadas	Gibbes, Lesley	Watson, Judy	Cicadas, Grandfathers, Grandparents, Insects	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
Secrets Of The Sea : The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist	Griffith, Evan	Stone, Joanie	Biology, Jeanne Power, Marine Biology		5-10 Years	In Print
Simple Machines	Ward, D J	Lowery, Mike	Machines, Physics	Let's Read and Find Out Science 2	5-10 Years	In Print
Snakes Awake	Paine, Jarrod	Boland, Shannon	Snakes		4-8 Years	In Print
Snooze-O-Rama	Birmingham, Maria	Reed, Kyle			4-8 Years	In Print
Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma	Adler, David A	Raff, Anna	Chemistry		5-10 Years	In Print
The Beehive	Daley, Megan	Hamilton, Max	Bees	Nature Storybooks	5-10 Years	In Print
The Book of Australian Trees	Simpson, Inga	Rogerson, Alicia	Australian Trees, Trees		5-12 Years	In Print
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer	Wessels, Marcie	Castro, Beatriz	Computer Science, Inventors, Ralph Baer		5-12 Years	In Print
The Bug Girl: Maria Merian’s Scientific Vision	Marsh, Sarah Glenn	Vanzo, Filippo	Biology, Bugs, Insects, Maria Sibylla Merian		5-10 Years	In Print
The Echidna Near My Place	Whiting , Sue	James, Cate	Echidna, Mammals, Monotreme Mammals	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer	Rockcliff, Mara	Duncan, Daniel	Beatrice Shilling, Engineering, Engineers		5-12 Years	In Print
The Leaf Detective : How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest	Lang, Heather	Christy, Jana	Meg Lowman, Rainforest		5-10 Years	In Print
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid	Winter, Jeanette	Winter	Architects, Zaha Hadid		5-12 Years	In Print
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes	Davies, Nicola	Sutton, Emily	Biology, Microbes		4-8 Years	In Print
What Miss Mitchell Saw	Barrett, Hayley	Sudyka, Diana	Astronomers, Astronomy, Maria Mitchell		5-12 Years	In Print
Women in Chemistry	Wissinger, Mary	Pioli, Danielle	Chemistry	Science Wide Open	5-10 Years	In Print
Women in Physics	Wissinger, Mary	Pioli, Danielle	Physics	Science Wide Open	5-12 Years	In Print