Year 5 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 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS093

Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS093 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Science Year 5

By the end of Year 5, students classify substances according to their observable properties and behaviours. They explain everyday phenomena associated with the transfer of light. They describe the key features of our solar system. They analyse how the …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS093

constructing multi-modal texts to communicate science ideas

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS093 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS093

using labelled diagrams, including cross-sectional representations, to communicate ideas

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS093 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSHE081

researching how scientists were able to develop ideas about the solar system through the gathering of evidence through space exploration

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE081 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS218

sharing ideas as to whether observations match predictions, and discussing possible reasons for predictions being incorrect

Elaboration | ACSIS218 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS093

discussing how models represent scientific ideas and constructing physical models to demonstrate an aspect of scientific understanding

Elaboration | ACSIS093 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum