Pre-Primary Science – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Our Changing World - Daily and Seasonal Changes

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Pre-Primary Science in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Our Changing World - Daily and Seasonal Changes”.

Students explore how daily and seasonal changes in the environment affect our local community and the world around us.

Lesson sequence (8 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. What Changes Do We See Each Day?
2. How Does the Weather Change Throughout Our Day?
3. How Do Animals Respond to Daily Changes?
4. How Do Plants Change Throughout the Day?
5. What Changes Do We See Across the Seasons?
6. How Do Animals Change Their Behaviour in Different Seasons?
7. How Do Plants Change Through the Seasons?
8. How Do People in Our Community Respond to Seasonal Changes?

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 8 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.