Object Materials and How They Move!

10:00am – 2:00pm (4 hours)

Arrival at 10:00am

10:00am – 10:25am
Arrival, morning tea and a toilet break so everyone can refuel, reset, and remember where their hats ended up.

10:25am – 10:55am
A wildly entertaining science show featuring liquid nitrogen, PPE dress-ups and movement challenges that get students thinking, predicting and laughing as they watch materials freeze, crack and behave in surprising ways. Students are then split into groups of approx. 35, each led by a Ranger, and rotate through the activities below.

10:55am – 11:30am — Slime Crafting
Students whip up oozy oobleck and investigate how this strange material can squish, stretch and move!

11:30am – 12:00pm — Air Rocket Building
Students build their very own rockets and send them skyward, discovering how objects fly, zoom and spin.

12:00pm – 12:30pm — Lunch & Toilet Break

12:30pm – 1:10pm — Human Body Movement Game
Students sprint, wiggle, and zoom through challenges that reveal how bodies move (and how competitive their teachers secretly are).

1:10pm – 1:50pm — Billycart Championship
Students twist and zoom through the billycart course, observing how shape, force and surface affect how an object moves.

1:50pm — Wrap-Up & Final Bathroom Break

2:00pm — Departure: A big Ranger Jamie wave goodbye… and maybe a few “Can we come back tomorrow?” comments.

Please note: Times may vary slightly on the day. This schedule is a guide only.

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 exciting adventure is $24.00 + GST per student.
(Minimum charge x35)

This price includes:

• A fully guided full day with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable Rangers
  (Think Steve Irwin meets the Ranger Jamie crew!);
• A pre-completed Risk Assessment, making your planning a whole lot easier;
• Assistance sourcing bus quotes, so you’re not chasing bus companies all afternoon;
• All equipment and materials provided;
• A syllabus-aligned program, thoughtfully designed to support real learning while keeping the day fun and engaging.
• Complimentary Coffee, Tea and Tim Tams (Exclusive to the teachers!).