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

ACSIS215

Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS215 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

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

ACSHE050

Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSHE050 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS057

Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS057 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS053

With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS053 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS054

With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations to find answers to questions, considering the safe use of appropriate materials and equipment

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS054 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS055

Consider the elements of fair tests and use formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate, to make and record observations accurately

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS055 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSHE050

making predictions about change and events in our environment

Elaboration | ACSHE050 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS215

discussing how well predictions matched results from an investigation and sharing ideas about what was learnt

Elaboration | ACSIS215 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS060

using simple explanations and arguments, reports or graphical representations to communicate ideas to other students

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS060 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS057

discussing how to graph data presented in a table

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS057 | 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 (2) ACSIS057

identifying and discussing numerical and visual patterns in data collected from students' own investigations and from secondary sources

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS057 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU044

recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ use of observable features to group living things (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU044 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSSU046

investigating how changes of state in materials used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, such as beeswax or resins, are important for their use (OI.5)

Elaboration (3) | ACSSU046 | 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