The Learn About Wool resources provide an ideal opportunity for Year 4 students to investigate the properties of wool in order to determine what makes wool the ideal fibre for use in a wide range of everyday products.
The following curriculum-based resource package includes a variety of interactive resources, including downloadable PDF factsheets, poster, videos and website.
Links with the Australian Curriculum
Science understanding | Chemical science
Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence their use (ACSSU074, ACSSU073)
Science inquiry skills
Opportunities exist to incorporate the full strand depending on the classroom activity being undertaken (ACSIS064, ACSIS065, ACSIS066, ACSIS068, ACSIS216, ACSIS069,
ACSIS071)
Science as a human endeavour
Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships (ACSHEO61, ACSHE062)
