Year 4 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 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Year 10 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 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Rationale Science

Science provides an empirical way of answering interesting and important questions about the biological, physical and technological world. The knowledge it produces has proved to be a reliable basis for action in our personal, social and economic lives. …

Rationale | 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

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

Achievement Standard Science Year 6

By the end of Year 6, students compare and classify different types of observable changes to materials. They analyse requirements for the transfer of electricity and describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another when generating electricity. …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Science Year 9

By the end of Year 9, students explain chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers and describe examples of important chemical reactions. They describe models of energy transfer and apply these to explain phenomena. …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU074

Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence their use

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU074 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU075

Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU177

All matter is made of atoms that are composed of protons, neutrons and electrons; natural radioactivity arises from the decay of nuclei in atoms

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU177 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU185

The theory of evolution by natural selection explains the diversity of living things and is supported by a range of scientific evidence

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU185 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU019

exploring the local environment to identify and describe natural, managed and constructed features

Elaboration | ACSSU019 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU115

investigating natural phenomena such as lunar and solar eclipses, seasons and phases of the moon

Elaboration | ACSSU115 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSHE160

describing how science is used in the media to explain a natural event or justify actions

Elaboration (3) | ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU185

outlining processes involved in natural selection including variation, isolation and selection

Elaboration | ACSSU185 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSHE051

researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of the local natural environment, such as the characteristics of plants and animals (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSHE051 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU075

exploring a local area that has changed as a result of natural processes, such as an eroded gully, sand dunes or river banks

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSSU096

exploring ways that scientific understanding can assist in natural disaster management to minimise both long- and short-term effects

Elaboration (3) | ACSSU096 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSHE098

describing how understanding of the causes and effects of major natural events has changed as new evidence has become available

Elaboration (1) | ACSHE098 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSHE098

exploring institutions and locations where contemporary Australian scientists conduct research on catastrophic natural events

Elaboration (5) | ACSHE098 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum