The CY Science Project officer is currently available to travel to your school to conduct science fairs with teachers and students. All materials and travel costs are covered by the project. Go to teacher/presenter section for further details.
CY Science (see why science) is a government initiative to support the teaching of science. We provide teachers with the resources needed to conduct meaningful and exciting science experiments. The CY Science Kit supports you in delivering amazing whole-of-class experiments with step-by-step instructions, colour photos and student worksheets.
The CY Science Kit provides 20 hours of science that is fun, easy to teach, inquiry based pedagogy. It is a trans-disciplinary approach to teaching science with a strong focus on mathematics that allows children to understand and model the work of real scientists.
THE CY SCIENCE KIT
7 kilograms of high quality polymer slime
15 kilograms of giant polymer water crystals
15 litres of fake snow
10 litres of colour changing indicator
15 litres of vinegar substitute (citric)
2 kilograms of baking soda (base)
65 ‘bomb’ bags
5 large balloons
25 plastic measures
3 food colours
connector to make giant 4 litre test chamber
CY Science manual with teacher’s notes and
student experiment and result sheets
COST $120 (including GST) + postage
The CY Science experiments model the work of scientists through measuring and recording information from experiments. Students use the information to predict and graph results. This provides a real world trans-disciplinary approach to teaching both science and mathematics.
The experiments provide many opportunities to practice predicting, recording, and graphing. Students are exposed to the knowledge of working scientifically. The program is easily mapped to all state syllabi. For Queensland teachers CY Science is mapped to the Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting (QCAR) Framework’s essential learning for science and mathematics. The experiments can be used with children aged 8–15 years.
