Unit 2: Molecular interactions and reactions Chemistry

In this unit, students develop their understanding of the physical and chemical properties of materials including gases, water and aqueous solutions, acids and bases. Students explore the characteristic properties of water that make it essential for physical, …

Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Career Education: developing entrepreneurial skills through social enterprise

This Illustration of practice demonstrates how Myrrhee School and Cathedral College Wangaratta incorporate career education in social enterprise programs. In 2015 both schools introduced social enterprise learning through the ACRE Social Enterprise Schools …

Career Education: developing entrepreneurial skills through social enterprise | Illustrations of practice | General capabilities and career education | Resources

Composing texts - Use language to interact with others Literacy Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating Level 5

use pair, group and class discussions and formal and informal debates as learning tools to explore ideas, test possibilities, compare solutions, rehearse ideas and arguments in preparation for creating texts

Composing texts - Use language to interact with others | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Composing texts - Use language to interact with others Literacy Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating Level 6

use pair, group and class discussions and formal and informal debates as learning tools to explore ideas, compare solutions, evaluate information and ideas, refine opinions and arguments in preparation for creating texts

Composing texts - Use language to interact with others | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Interpreting statistical information - Interpret data displays Numeracy Interpreting statistical information Level 4

collect, compare, describe and interpret data as 2-way tables, double column graphs and sector graphs, including from digital media

Interpreting statistical information - Interpret data displays | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Numeracy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Estimating and calculating with whole numbers - Use money Numeracy Estimating and calculating with whole numbers Level 4

create simple financial plans, budgets and cost predictions

Estimating and calculating with whole numbers - Use money | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Numeracy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Unit 2: Earth processes – energy transfers and transformations Earth and Environmental Science

Earth system processes require energy. In this unit, students explore how the transfer and transformation of energy from the sun and Earth’s interior enable and control processes within and between the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. …

Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 2: Linear Motion and Waves Physics

In this unit, students develop an appreciation of how an understanding of motion and waves can be used to describe, explain and predict a wide range of phenomena. Students describe linear motion in terms of position and time data, and examine the relationships …

Unit 2 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Investigating with ICT - Select and evaluate data and information Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability Investigating with ICT Level 6

develop and use criteria systematically to evaluate the quality, suitability and credibility of located data or information and sources

Investigating with ICT - Select and evaluate data and information | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Investigating with ICT - Locate, generate and access data and information Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability Investigating with ICT Level 6

use advanced search tools and techniques or simulations and digital models to locate or generate precise data and information that supports the development of new understandings

Investigating with ICT - Locate, generate and access data and information | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Unit 2: Cells and multicellular organisms Biology

The cell is the basic unit of life. Although cell structure and function are very diverse, all cells possess some common features: all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells need to exchange materials with their immediate external environment in order to maintain …

Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS090

identifying patterns in data and developing explanations that fit these patterns

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS090 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Unit 1: Chemical fundamentals: structure, properties and reactions Chemistry

Chemists design and produce a vast range of materials for many purposes, including for fuels, cosmetics, building materials and pharmaceuticals. As the science of chemistry has developed over time, there has been an increasing realisation that the properties …

Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | 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

Achievement Standard Science Year 10

By the end of Year 10, students analyse how the periodic table organises elements and use it to make predictions about the properties of elements. They explain how chemical reactions are used to produce particular products and how different factors influence …

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

Achievement Standard Science Year 4

By the end of Year 4, students apply the observable properties of materials to explain how objects and materials can be used. They describe how contact and non-contact forces affect interactions between objects. They discuss how natural processes and …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Science - Years 5 and 6

Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions (ACSHE081) & (ACSHE098) Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and …

Science - Years 5 and 6 | Skills and knowledge | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources

Unit 1: Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life Biology

The current view of the biosphere as a dynamic system composed of Earth’s diverse, interrelated and interacting ecosystems developed from the work of eighteenth and nineteenth century naturalists, who collected, classified, measured and mapped the distribution …

Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Word knowledge - Use spelling knowledge Literacy Word Knowledge Level 4

spell topic words and use word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes when spelling new words

Word knowledge - Use spelling knowledge | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Grammar knowledge - Use knowledge of sentence structures Literacy Grammar knowledge Level 5

control a range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures to record, explain, question, argue, describe and link ideas, evidence and conclusions

Grammar knowledge - Use knowledge of sentence structures | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum