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Key ideas Science

In the Australian Curriculum: Science, there are six key ideas that represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science, as shown Figure 1 below. These are embedded within each …

Key ideas | Science | F-10 curriculum

Structure Science

The three interrelated strands of science The Australian Curriculum: Science has three interrelated strands: science understanding, science as a human endeavour and science inquiry skills. Together, the three strands of the science curriculum provide …

Structure | Science | F-10 curriculum

Structure Geography

The Australian Curriculum: Geography is organised in two related strands: geographical knowledge and understanding, and geographical inquiry and skills. Geographical knowledge and understanding strand Geographical knowledge refers to the facts, generalisations, …

Structure | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Dance

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through dance. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through dance practices focusing on: Body body awareness – awareness of body in space in …

Example of knowledge and skills | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Rationale/Aims Biology

Rationale Biology is the study of the fascinating diversity of life as it has evolved and as it interacts and functions. Investigation of biological systems and their interactions, from cellular processes to ecosystem dynamics, has led to biological knowledge …

Rationale/Aims | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Links to Foundation to Year 10 Chemistry

Progression from the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science The Chemistry curriculum continues to develop student understanding and skills from across the three strands of the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science. In the Science Understanding strand, the …

Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Chemistry

While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Chemistry varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Through an investigation of contexts that draw on Aboriginal …

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Structure of Earth and Environmental Science Earth and Environmental Science

Units In Earth and Environmental Science, students develop their understanding of the ways in which interactions between Earth systems influence Earth processes, environments and resources. There are four units: Unit 1: Introduction to Earth systems Unit …

Structure of Earth and Environmental Science | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Earth and Environmental Science

While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Earth and Environmental Science varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. The Earth and Environmental Science curriculum …

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Rationale/Aims Physics

Rationale Physics is a fundamental science that endeavours to explain all the natural phenomena that occur in the universe. Its power lies in the use of a comparatively small number of assumptions, models, laws and theories to explain a wide range of …

Rationale/Aims | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Structure of Physics Physics

Units In Physics, students develop their understanding of the core concepts, models and theories that describe, explain and predict physical phenomena. There are four units: Unit 1: Thermal, nuclear and electrical physics Unit 2: Linear motion and waves Unit …

Structure of Physics | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Links to Foundation to Year 10 Physics

Progression from the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science The Physics curriculum continues to develop student understanding and skills from across the three strands of the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science. In the Science Understanding strand, the Physics …

Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Physics

While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Physics varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Through an investigation of contexts that draw on Aboriginal and …

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

ACMEM031

use units of energy to describe consumption of electricity, such as kilowatt hours

ACMEM032

use units of energy used for foods, including calories

ACMEM033

use units of energy to describe the amount of energy in activity, such as kilojoules

ACMEM034

convert from one unit of energy to another.

ACSBL022

The biotic components of an ecosystem transfer and transform energy originating primarily from the sun to produce biomass, and interact with abiotic components to facilitate biogeochemical cycling, including carbon and nitrogen cycling; these interactions …

ACSBL044

Cells require inputs of suitable forms of energy, including light energy or chemical energy in complex molecules, and matter, including gases, simple nutrients, ions, and removal of wastes, to survive

ACSBL052

Photosynthesis is a biochemical process that in plant cells occurs in the chloroplast and that uses light energy to synthesise organic compounds; the overall process can be represented as a balanced chemical equation

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