Interpreting and representing data description
This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly able to recognise and use visual and numerical displays to describe data associated with statistical investigations, and to critically evaluate investigations by others. Making sense of data …
Interpreting and representing data | Statistics and probability | National Numeracy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Introduction
Science, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and STEM education have become the focus of considerable political, industry and media commentary. Widespread concern about Australia’s performance in STEM disciplines and take-up of STEM careers …
Introduction | STEM Report | STEM | Resources
STEM in the Australian Curriculum
STEM is addressed in the Australian Curriculum through the learning areas of Science, Technologies and Mathematics, and through general capabilities, particularly Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability, and Critical and Creative …
STEM in the Australian Curriculum | STEM Report | STEM | Resources
Report Findings: Benefits & Challenges
Many teachers commented on the unanticipated benefits for their students from their involvement in the STEM Connections project. The development of general capabilities, such as Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Capability, was overwhelmingly …
Report Findings: Benefits & Challenges | STEM Report | STEM | Resources
Unit 4 Literature
Unit 4 develops students’ appreciation of the significance of literary study through close critical analysis of literary texts drawn from a range of forms, genres and styles. Students reflect upon the creative use of language, and the structural and stylistic …
Unit 4 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 4 focuses on analysing, evaluating and using language to represent and respond to issues, ideas and attitudes in a range of contexts. By extending and consolidating language and communication skills, critical use of SAE for a range of contexts, purposes …
Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 Literature
Unit 3 develops students’ knowledge and understanding of the relationship between language, culture and identity in literary texts. Students inquire into the power of language to represent ideas, events and people, comparing these across a range of texts, …
Unit 3 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1: Introduction to Earth systems Earth and Environmental Science
The Earth system involves four interacting systems: the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. A change in any one ‘sphere’ can impact others at a range of temporal and spatial scales. In this unit, students build on their existing knowledge …
Unit 1 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Living on Earth - extracting, using and managing Earth resources Earth and Environmental Science
Earth resources are required to sustain life and provide infrastructure for living (for example, food, shelter, medicines, transport, and communication), driving ongoing demand for biotic, mineral and energy resources. In this unit, students explore renewable …
Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: The changing Earth - the cause and impact of Earth hazards Earth and Environmental Science
Earth hazards occur over a range of time scales and have significant impacts on Earth systems across a wide range of spatial scales. Investigation of naturally occurring and human-influenced Earth hazards enables prediction of their impacts, and the development …
Unit 4 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Outdoor learning: Literacy
Outdoor learning can support the development of literacy by introducing specific terminology used in outdoor contexts. Students understand the language used to describe aspects of the outdoors, maps, products, resources, information and services. They …
Outdoor learning: Literacy | General capabilities | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Respect matters: Intercultural Understanding
Intercultural understanding involves learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutually respectful relationships. Students reflect on and to take …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 1e (Foundation Year)
Typically, by the end of Foundation Year, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify and describe familiar information and ideas during a discussion or investigation Organise and process information gather similar information …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 1e (Foundation Year) | Competencies and skills | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2)
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify and explore information and ideas from source materials Organise and process information organise information based on similar or relevant ideas from several …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2) | Competencies and skills | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 3 (Years 3 and 4)
Typically, by the end of Year 4, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify main ideas and select and clarify information from a range of sources Organise and process information collect, compare and categorise facts and opinions …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 3 (Years 3 and 4) | Competencies and skills | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 4 (Years 5 and 6)
Typically, by the end of Year 6, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify and clarify relevant information and prioritise ideas Organise and process information analyse, condense and combine relevant information from multiple …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 4 (Years 5 and 6) | Competencies and skills | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 1e (Foundation Year)
Typically, by the end of Foundation Year, students: Pose questions pose factual and exploratory questions based on personal interests and experiences Imagine possibilities and connect ideas use imagination to view or create things in new ways and …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 1e (Foundation Year) | Responsibility and enterprise | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2)
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students: Pose questions pose questions to identify and clarify issues, and compare information in their world Imagine possibilities and connect ideas build on what they know to create ideas and possibilities in ways …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2) | Responsibility and enterprise | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 3 (Years 3 and 4)
Typically, by the end of Year 4, students: Pose questions pose questions to expand their knowledge about the world Imagine possibilities and connect ideas expand on known ideas to create new and imaginative combinations Consider alternatives explore …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 3 (Years 3 and 4) | Responsibility and enterprise | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 4 (Years 5 and 6)
Typically, by the end of Year 6, students: Pose questions pose questions to clarify and interpret information and probe for causes and consequences Imagine possibilities and connect ideas combine ideas in a variety of ways and from a range of sources …
Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 4 (Years 5 and 6) | Responsibility and enterprise | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources