This unit is the first of two sequential units (MYS4107 and MYS4217) preparing students to teach science in the Middle Years.  The unit is designed to motivate students to make science exciting, interesting and relevant for young adolescents. It will also provide them with opportunities to develop theoretical knowledge needed to interpret the curriculum and make appropriate judgements and decisions related to the teaching of science with a particular focus on the upper primary years. During the unit, the curriculum framework and science learning outcomes for Western Australia will be examined in terms of teaching science in the middle years of schooling. Students will develop a repertoire of teaching skills and strategies for engaging children in upper primary years in meaningful learning that leads to a powerful understanding of science concepts. Science content of interest to children in upper primary years will be explored, to give students confidence in their own knowledge and recognition of alternative conceptions and appropriate pathways of learning.