Object Materials and How They Move!

9:30 am – 2:30 pm (5 hours)

Our Rangers will happily work around your bell times and scheduled breaks to create a schedule that suits your school day.

Introduction (Approx. 45 mins)
We kick things off with our exciting Liquid Nitrogen Show! A few lucky students will gear up in PPE and help us demonstrate how materials freeze, crack, and move in surprising ways. A hall or large undercover COLA is ideal for this part of the session.

Students are then divided into groups of approximately 35, each with their own Ranger. Groups rotate through the activities in different orders

Activity 1: Slime Crafting
Students create oozy, stretchy oobleck as they explore how materials can bend, stretch, squish, and flow. A space with tap access or a grassy area works best for this activity.

Activity 2: Air Rocket Engineering
Students build their very own air-powered rockets before launching them high into the sky using our specialised launchers. Rockets can be built indoors, but we’ll need a large outdoor space for launching.

Activity 3: Ezy Roller Championship
Students twist, turn, wiggle, and zoom on our exciting ezy rollers, racing through fun courses while exploring how body movement affects speed and direction. A hall is ideal for this activity.

Activity 4: Human Body Movement Game
In this fast-paced challenge, students identify body parts used for movement and complete fun physical tasks that show how bodies and objects move in different ways. A basketball court, hall, or outdoor space is perfect.

Wrap-Up & Goodbye: A final farewell from our Rangers (who will miss you already!).

Our Rangers will arrive at your centre approximately 45 minutes beforehand to set up and make

ST1-DDT-01 uses technologies and materials to design and make products to address user needs or opportunities;
ST1-PQU-01 poses questions based on observations and information to investigate cause and effect;
STE-DDT-01 identifies and uses technologies to make products to address user needs or opportunities;
STE-PQU-01 poses questions based on observations to collect data.

Objects are made of materials that have observable properties

• Recognise that properties of materials can be observed using the senses;
• Observe and manipulate materials to describe their properties using Tier 2 vocabulary;
• Pose questions about materials and describe how they are used in everyday objects;
• Bend, twist, crush and stretch objects to show that the properties of materials remain the same;
• Explore how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples use natural materials for specific purposes based on their properties.

Objects move in different ways

• Observe, describe and categorise the ways in which objects move;
• Identify and label the parts of the human body that are used for movement;
• Test how the movement of an object is affected by its shape;
• Experiment to observe how an object’s movement is affected by its material;
• Identify objects made by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and describe their movements.

The cost of this science-fuelled adventure is $24.00 + GST per student.

This price includes:

• A pre-completed Risk Assessment to make planning easy;
• Full administrative support from our team;
• All materials and equipment provided, you bring the kids, we’ll bring… well, everything else;
• Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Rangers leading the fun;
• A syllabus-aligned program designed to deliver real learning in a hands-on, exciting way;
• Complimentary Coffee, Tea and Tim Tams (Exclusive to the teachers!).

For our 2-hour version of this program, click here!