Australian Curriculum–Aligned Science Videos & Teaching Resources
Welcome to the Year 6 Science hub for Critter Quest Education — a growing collection of Australian Curriculum–aligned science videos, classroom resources, and learning materials designed to support Australian primary classrooms.
This Year 6 Science hub focuses on Australian Curriculum (ACARA) Biological Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences content descriptions, with a strong emphasis on habitats, ecosystems, physical conditions, environmental change, biodiversity, food webs, survival, adaptation limits, and the effects of changing environments on living things. Resources are designed to support inquiry learning, classroom discussion, scientific vocabulary development, and engaging science exploration in Australian primary classrooms.
Each section is aligned to specific Australian Curriculum (ACARA) content descriptions to support structured Year 6 science teaching.
All resources are designed to be:
✅ Curriculum-linked
✅ Student-safe
✅ Classroom-friendly
✅ Short and engaging
✅ Easy to use for busy teachers
Browse Year 6 Science by Content Description
Resources are organised by Australian Curriculum (ACARA) content descriptions to help teachers quickly find curriculum-linked science materials for Year 6 classrooms.
Biological Sciences (AC9S6U01)
What Happens When Habitats Change? | Kangaroos, Flying Foxes & Sea Turtles
Content Descriptor: 🔗 AC9S6U01
Investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions.
Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 6, students explain how changes in physical conditions affect the growth and survival of living things within habitats.
🎥 Videos
🌏 AC9S6U01: What Happens When Habitats Change? | Kangaroos, Flying Foxes & Sea Turtles
Students investigate how changing physical conditions within habitats affect living things, using Australian examples including desert ecosystems, forests, and marine environments.
Topics explored include:
- habitats and ecosystems
- physical conditions of habitats
- environmental change
- temperature, rainfall and water availability
- sunlight, soil nutrients and oxygen levels
- droughts and climate extremes
- heatwaves and environmental stress
- food, shelter and reproduction
- biodiversity and habitat health
- pollination and ecosystem interactions
- chain reactions within ecosystems
- coral reefs and seagrass meadows
- Australian animals including kangaroos, flying foxes and sea turtles
Designed to support:
- understanding how physical conditions influence living things
- analysing how changing physical conditions affect survival
- analysing relationships between habitats and ecosystems
- identifying ecosystem chain reactions
- introducing habitat and ecosystem vocabulary
- scientific vocabulary development
- observation and inquiry skills
- whole-class discussion and inquiry learning
📚 Classroom Resources Coming Soon (Biological Sciences)
Year 6 Biological Sciences classroom resources aligned with AC9S6U01 are currently in development.
Future resources will explore habitats, ecosystems, biodiversity, physical conditions, environmental change, ecosystem health, drought, heatwaves, marine ecosystems, food webs, pollination, ecosystem interactions, and Australian wildlife through curriculum-linked classroom activities, worksheets, reading materials, inquiry investigations, and vocabulary supports.
Earth and Space Sciences (AC9S6U02)
Earth, the Sun & the Solar System | Seasons, Day & Night
Content Descriptor: 🔗 AC9S6U02
Describe the movement of Earth and other planets relative to the sun and model how Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun relate to cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length.
Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 6, students model the relationship between the sun and planets of the solar system and explain how the relative positions of Earth and the sun relate to observed phenomena on Earth.
🎥📚 Coming Soon (Earth and Space Sciences)
Year 6 Earth and Space Sciences videos and classroom resources aligned with AC9S6U02 are currently in development.
Future resources will explore Earth’s rotation, Earth’s revolution around the sun, Earth’s axial tilt, day and night, seasons, variable day length, the solar system, planetary motion, Earth’s relationship with the sun, and observable patterns in the sky through curriculum-linked science explanations, models, classroom investigations, and inquiry activities.
Why Teachers Use Critter Quest Education
✅ Australian Curriculum–aligned science videos
✅ Organised by ACARA content descriptions
✅ Engaging Biological Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences content
✅ Short, classroom-friendly explainer videos
✅ Student-safe educational resources for Australian classrooms
✅ Designed to support busy teachers with curriculum-linked learning
✅ Ideal for lesson introductions, revision, inquiry learning, and science discussions
✅ Suitable for whole-class teaching, science rotations, revision activities, and inquiry-based learning
More Year 6 Science Resources Coming Soon
Future resources will include printable worksheets, inquiry investigations, lesson ideas, vocabulary supports, observation tasks, assessment activities, and Biological Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences learning materials.
New curriculum-linked resources are added regularly as Critter Quest Education continues to grow.
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About Mr. Greenly
W. A. Greenly is an environmental science graduate and science communicator creating Australian Curriculum–aligned educational resources for Australian primary classrooms. His work focuses on biodiversity, ecology, environmental science, Earth and Space Sciences, and engaging science communication for children and educators.