Achievement Standard Science Year 1
By the end of Year 1, students describe objects and events that they encounter in their everyday lives, and the effects of interacting with materials and objects. They describe changes in their local environment and how different places meet the needs …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 2
By the end of Year 2, students describe changes to objects, materials and living things. They identify that certain materials and resources have different uses and describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives. Students pose …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 4
By the end of Year 4, students apply the observable properties of materials to explain how objects and materials can be used. They describe how contact and non-contact forces affect interactions between objects. They discuss how natural processes and …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students compare and classify different types of observable changes to materials. They analyse requirements for the transfer of electricity and describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another when generating electricity. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students describe techniques to separate pure substances from mixtures. They represent and predict the effects of unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravity, on motion. They explain how the relative positions of Earth, the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 8
By the end of Year 8, students compare physical and chemical changes and use the particle model to explain and predict the properties and behaviours of substances. They identify different forms of energy and describe how energy transfers and transformations …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 3
By the end of Year 3, students use their understanding of the movement of Earth, materials and the behaviour of heat to suggest explanations for everyday observations. They group living things based on observable features and distinguish them from non-living …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse how the periodic table organises elements and use it to make predictions about the properties of elements. They explain how chemical reactions are used to produce particular products and how different factors influence …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students explain chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers and describe examples of important chemical reactions. They describe models of energy transfer and apply these to explain phenomena. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSIS130
Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions based on evidence
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS130 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSIS145
Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions based on evidence
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS145 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU177
investigating how radiocarbon and other dating methods have been used to establish that Aboriginal Peoples have been present on the Australian continent for more than 60,000 years (OI.6)
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU177 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSHE192
researching how technological advances in dating methods of Aboriginal Peoples’ material culture are contributing to our understanding of the changing climatic conditions and human interaction with the Australian megafauna (OI.5, OI.9)
Elaboration (4) | ACSHE192 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSSU002
identifying the needs of humans such as warmth, food and water, using students’ own experiences
Elaboration | ACSSU002 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS233
taking part in informal and guided discussions relating to students’observations
Elaboration | ACSIS233 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS041
discussing observations with other students to see similarities and differences in results
Elaboration | ACSIS041 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS042
presenting ideas to other students, both one-to-one and in small groups
Elaboration | ACSIS042 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSIS103
discussing methods chosen with other students, and refining methods accordingly
Elaboration (1) | ACSIS103 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS011
using sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell so that students can gather information about the world around them
Elaboration | ACSIS011 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS012
working in groups to describe what students have done and what they have found out
Elaboration | ACSIS012 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum