HOS (Hands-On Science) Science Teaching Specialists offer challenging and enjoyable experiments for your students.
• A Professional Development opportunity.
• The Victorian Essential Learning Standards are implemented by our developmental ‘hands on’ approach.
• Students are actively involved and encouraged to observe, record, report and conclude from their observations and experiment results.
• Workshops are designed to develop the “processes of science” and are easily linked with the curriculum and themes.
• Activities are related to everyday life and designed to develop the student’s senses, scientific skills, understanding and vocabulary.
• Our science workshops often work concurrently with technological awareness to teach understanding of the
physical, natural and material world.
• Personalised one grade at a time workshops.
• 2010 Science theme is ‘Australian Biodivesity’.

Look at our own Solar System in relation to the universe to develop a concept of size. Explore the variables that directly affect Earth: heat, light, forces, movement and
position. Why does the sky change colour? Why does the weather change?

To understand sustainability is to understand Earth and Nature. We need to look at all the variables that impact on the balance and climate. Let us help you educate the children for a sustainable future.
Earth's Natural Cycles (Grades 5–6)
Understand Earth’s natural cycles (carbon, water, oxygen, nitrogen ...) and human’s impact on them. Look at exchange between atmosphere, water and land. Learn about the positives and negatives of green house effect.
Man & Environment (Grades 3–6)
Develop an understanding of how inventions and discoveries have effected the environment. Explore: materials, housing, machines, recycling, waste, energy,
technology, pollution and food sources.

Senses (Grades P–2)
Children will be engaged in a variety of experiments to understand the purpose
of, and how their senses work. What happens if they don’t work? Explore how the senses can be tricked or confused.
Minibeasts (Grades P–4)
Through simple experiments children will learn about the role of creatures in our environment and their behaviour. Study and classify our specimens. Make a mini worm farm. (Surcharge applies)
Clever Plants (Grades P–6)
Explore the chemistry of plants: chlorophyll, plant poo, gas, transportation, survival and more. Classify our collection of water and land specimens. Experiment with our carnivorous plants. Make a variety of hot houses for ongoing investigations. (Surcharge applies)

Choose an individual topic or link with a popular theme.
Topics • Metals & Magnets • Electricity • Magnets & Electricity • Electricity & Sound • Sound • Light • Light & Sound • Air & Flight • Energy • Force & Movement
Themes • Weather • Transport • How Things Work • Puppets • Dinosaurs • Sport Science [NEW]

Reactive Chemistry (Grades P–6)
Distinguish between physical and chemical change. Investigate the behaviour of chemicals when mixed. Explore ways of producing a chemical change.
Solids, Liquids & Gases (Grades 3–6)
Investigate and compare the properties of each state of matter, how changes occur, suitability and application for use.
Suds & Bubbles (Grades P–4)
Investigate different ways to make bubbles and the forces in play. Study how they  interact with light and work out how to predict the exact moment they will pop.
Forensic Science (Grades 3–6)
A crime will be set. Students will apply chemical testing skills, interpret data and develop an understanding of how scientific evidence is used to solve a crime.
Experimenting With Water (Grades P–2)
Understanding the water cycle and the journey of water. Experiment on properties whilst focusing on scientific language, observations and techniques.

Natural Disasters (Grades 3–6)
Investigate the release of huge amounts of energy and it’s ‘Domino Effect’. Through models and experiments study the cause & effect, and the inner & outer forces.
Simple Machines (Grades 3–6)
What is a machine? Combine human and technological elements to evaluate the most suitable system for a task. Investigate how levers, wedges, rollers, pulleys and gears are utilised to conserve energy, change direction of force and combine to make a more complex machine.

Involves the scientific application of knowledge, skills, equipment, materials, energy and data to create useful products. Each unit incorporates the four phases of the technological process: investigating, designing, producing and evaluating.
Science & Technology Of Toys (Grades P–3)
Students study and classify a number of toys concentrating on the concepts of energy and materials used. Design and make a couple of toys to explore how a toy is invented: materials, design, purpose and marketing.
Performance – Music Science (Grades P–6)
Experience the connection between music and science. Investigate the effect of materials on quality of sound. Make an instrument and perform with Charlie in the ‘Recycle Orchestra’
Celebration Sci-Tech (Grades P–6)
These units can be linked with your curriculum at times such as Christmas and Easter
• Chemistry/Decorations
• Gimmicks and how things work
Sports Science (Grades P-6)
Studens will study the Body, sports materials, force and movement, and performance mesuring devices. This topic is linked with the 2010 commonwealth games.