KD's Teaching Stuff
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Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
About the store
I have been out teaching in the classroom in a multi age, multi ability setting in remote South Australia. In a particularly diverse room in 2015 (Kindergarten to Year 10), it occurred to me that teaching everything separately was simply not possible, so I developed a passion for Integrated Learning.
I have since been a Science Specialist for 3 years in a regional city in South Australia, and am now a Permanent Relief Teacher for 2020.
In 2022, I moved from Primary School to High School and absolutely love it. I also moved from public education to Catholic Education. These have been huge changes for me, but have re-invigorated my teaching and my resource creation.
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Filter It Out! A Term-Long Project for Grades 6-8. Word Version
Wondering how to make Separation Techniques interesting? Here it is! A tried and tested term-long unit that walks students through prototyping, designing, testing, improving and building soda bottle water filters. Everything you need is included - rubrics, design brief, workbook for students, curriculum links for teachers AND a teaching sequence to guide you through it all. The workbook is in 2 formats - Word and PDF. If you'd like your students to type on it, they can edit it in Word. If w
6th - 9th
General Science, Measurement, Science
My Gum Tree Project
Students will work in small groups, to study a gum tree on school grounds. They will present their findings on an A2 project card, and give a short presentation about what they learned during the project time of 4 weeks.
4th - 6th
Biology, Environment, General Science
Materials & Their Properties Board Game
A board game template that requires only a die and a counter for each player. Laminate for durability.
3rd - 7th
Physical Science, Physics, Science
Extreme Weather - Year 4/5/6 Unit Plan
A unit plan about cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons that covers a 10 week school term. Fits well into Year 4 and Year 6 Australian Curriculum Science Understanding standards. Also includes a section on cloud formations and weather reports, plus a major assessment task.
4th - 7th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
The Water Cycle - Year 2/3/4
A 9 week full unit plan for the water cycle at a Year 2/3/4 level. Includes parts of the water cycle and some small experiments/investigations to do. This unit plan also includes a 3 weeks STEM project, building a pipeline (after learning about how water travels).
2nd - 4th
Earth Sciences, Measurement, Science
Pipeline STEM Project
This project has students build a pipeline, after learning about the water cycle and how humans move water in our world. They work in small groups, and will test and re-test their pipeline often. I have taught this project twice now, and my students have loved it each time.
2nd - 6th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Science
Simple Machines & Rube Goldberg Machines Term Plan
A term plan for Year 6/7 Physical Sciences that starts with an overview of simple machines, and expands into how they are used in Rube Goldberg Machines. Very engaging unit!
5th - 9th
Physical Science, Physics, Science
Structural & Behavioural Adaptations Cut and Paste
A cut and paste activity for sorting behavioural and structural adaptations. Aligned to the Australia Curriculum.
4th - 6th
Biology, Science
Microsoft Word Skills 3 & 4
Need your class to be able to add shapes and images to Word Documents but not sure how to teach them? Look no further - these two short projects do exactly that. These are follow up projects to my Microsoft Word Skills 1 & 2, which are the introductory Word skills students need.
3rd - 8th
Computer Science - Technology
Microsoft Word Skills 1 & 2
Need to check how well your class uses Word? Need to teach them to use Word? These two assignments start at the very beginning of Word skills. I have used these with multiple year levels to both assess and teach Microsoft Word editing skills. There are more advanced assignments too, Microsoft Word Skills 3 & 4 which include inserting shapes and adding images to a Word Document from the internet.
3rd - 8th
Computer Science - Technology
Contact & Non-Contact Forces in Flight
A term plan for Physical Sciences aimed at years 2/3/4. We used paper planes and their shapes to discuss the four forces of flight. Great unit - we had a lot of fun doing this.
2nd - 5th
Physical Science, Physics, Science
10 Quick STEM/Science Activities to do
A list of 10 really easy to set up and explain activities. Students can make predictions, draw designs for their ideas or compete with others to build the best, the strongest or the tallest items.
K - 10th
Engineering, Science
Water Cycle Word Find
This word find fits very well with my "Water Cycle Unit", or is a good stand alone activity for centres or a single lesson
2nd - 4th
Earth Sciences, Science, Vocabulary
Year 6 Volcano Unit Planning
This is an overview of a whole term dedicated to learning about Volcanoes, how they are measured, types of volcanoes and an assessment that integrates digital technology to tie it all together. PLANNING ONLY - resources sold separately - Designed for Australian Curriculum Science Standards ACSSU096 ACSHE098 ACSHE100 ACSIS110
5th - 7th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Science
Ears, Hearing & Sound Term Plan
A unit/term plan that encompasses the structure of the human ear, how we hear sound and interact with it, and what sound waves actually are
4th - 7th
Biology, Physical Science, Science
My Gum Tree Project Rubric
Accompanying Rubric for My Gum Tree Project
4th - 6th
Biology, Environment, General Science
Adaptations Word Search
A word search containing vocabulary words for a unit on Adaptations
4th - 6th
Biology, Science
Ms. Darling's Science Site Distance Learning Resource
A purpose built Science website for every single Science Understanding standard of the F-7 Australian Curriculum. There are games, songs, activities, suggestions for how to do Science at home and a whole page of stuff that is just pretty cool (like astronauts reading stories from space). If the hyperlink doesn't work, please just copy and paste into your browser.
K - 7th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
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About the store
Experience
I have been out teaching in the classroom in a multi age, multi ability setting in remote South Australia. In a particularly diverse room in 2015 (Kindergarten to Year 10), it occurred to me that teaching everything separately was simply not possible, so I developed a passion for Integrated Learning.
I have since been a Science Specialist for 3 years in a regional city in South Australia, and am now a Permanent Relief Teacher for 2020.
In 2022, I moved from Primary School to High School and absolutely love it. I also moved from public education to Catholic Education. These have been huge changes for me, but have re-invigorated my teaching and my resource creation.
Teaching style
I love Integrated Learning as it makes learning so much deeper and more meaningful. I enjoy gamification of learning, and am currently improving my skills in Escape Rooms...keep an eye out for those!
I am firm in my expectations for behaviour, and have taught in a low socioeconomic area for the past 3 years with high percentages of trauma affected kids, poverty and social/emotional problems. This has challenged me deeply and at times made me question being a teacher. But...it has made me so much better than I ever thought possible.
While I still work in a lower SES area, being at a private school brings a different set of challenges. Also - now being a high school teacher, I get to specialise in the things I love - Maths and Science.
Awards & shining teacher moments
*HASS SA Pre-Service Teacher Award for Outstanding Contribution to HASS teaching (GPS Tracking & Satellite Navigation)
*Runner Up - SA English Teacher's Association Pre-Service Teacher's Unit creation award
*SA Science Teacher's Association: Presenter, SASTA Early Career Teacher's Conference
*SA Science Teacher's Association: Presenter, SASTA State Conference
*SA Science Teacher's Association & Mathematics Association of South Australia: Presenter, STEM Conference
*CONASTA - Presenter, National Science Teacher's Conference
My own education history
University of South Australia: Bachelor of Teaching (JP/P)
University of Western Sydney: Graduate Certificate of Mathematics Education
University of South Australia: Graduate Certificate of Education (Catholic Studies)
Additional biographical information
After spending 3 years as a Science Specialist teacher, my store has evolved to include a LOT of Science resources. They have all been used by me in a classroom situation. They have not been posted for sale unless they created some really great learning.
I am slowly uploading all the stuff I've created when there wasn't anything suitable out there for my needs. Everything is linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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