Year 5 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 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Science Year 5

By the end of Year 5, students classify substances according to their observable properties and behaviours. They explain everyday phenomena associated with the transfer of light. They describe the key features of our solar system. They analyse how the …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU020

exploring how traditional musical instruments used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples produce their characteristic sounds (OI.5)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU020 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | 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 (5) ACSSU073

recognising how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples perceive themselves as being an integral part of the environment (OI.2, OI.3)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU073 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU074

considering how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of natural and processed materials informs the preparation of effective, vibrant and long-lasting paints (OI.5)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU074 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU075

considering how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ fire management practices over tens of thousands of years have changed the distribution of flora and fauna in most regions of Australia (OI.3, OI.6)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU076

investigating the effect of contact and non-contact forces on the movement of objects in traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s instructive toys and games (OI.5)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU076 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU077

recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s knowledge and understanding of solids, liquids and gases (OI.5)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU077 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU080

recognising the refraction of light at the surfaces of different transparent materials, such as when light travels from air to water or air to glass

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU080 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSHE081

learning how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use observation of the night sky to assist with navigation (OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (5) | ACSHE081 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSHE083

describing how technologies developed to aid space exploration have changed the way people live, work and communicate

Elaboration (5) | ACSHE083 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU095

investigate reversible changes such as melting, freezing and evaporating

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU095 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU096

researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural stories that provide evidence of geological events (OI.3)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU096 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU097

considering whether an energy source is sustainable

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU097 | 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

Elaboration (5) ACSHE100

researching the scientific work involved in global disaster alerts and communication, such as cyclone, earthquake and tsunami alerts

Elaboration (5) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU111

using provided keys to identify organisms surveyed in a local habitat

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU111 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU112

exploring how living things can cause changes to their environment and impact other living things, such as the effect of cane toads

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU112 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU115

researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' oral traditions and cultural recordings of solar and lunar eclipses and investigating similarities and differences with contemporary understandings of such phenomena (OI.3, OI.9)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU115 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum