Year 3 Science
The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding …
Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU044
investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ systems of classifying living things and how these systems differ from those used by contemporary science (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU044 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU048
exploring how cultural stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples explain the cyclic phenomena involving sun, moon and stars and how those explanations differ from contemporary science understanding (OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU048 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU049
investigating the production and transfer of heat in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ methods of cooking, such as the use of ground ovens (OI.5)
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU049 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSHE051
researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of the local natural environment, such as the characteristics of plants and animals (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (4) | ACSHE051 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSIS053
consulting with and using existing knowledge held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to guide the formulation of investigable questions regarding invasive species
Elaboration (4) | ACSIS053 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSIS060
acknowledging and exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of communicating information about anatomical features of organisms
Elaboration (4) | ACSIS060 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | 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