FREE PRIMARY SCIENCE · Year 6
Fire, fuel and change
What happens to substances when they burn, and how do people use that science to stay safe?
Students sort reversible and irreversible changes and learn why burning makes new substances, analyse example fire danger forecasts to see how weather affects the fire triangle, then watch teacher demonstrations that break the fire triangle with a jar and with carbon dioxide made from bicarb soda and vinegar. Lessons 1 and 2 need only iPads; lesson 3 is a teacher demonstration using a tea-light candle, jars, bicarb soda and vinegar.
3 free lessons · Australian Curriculum v9
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Burning is a one-way change
What makes burning different from melting?
Open free interactive lesson →Fire danger days
Which weather conditions make bushfire danger higher?
Open free interactive lesson →Break the fire triangle
What happens to a flame when we take away its oxygen?
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