Year 6 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 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Year 9 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 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 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 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
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
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
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
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
Achievement Standard Science Year 8
By the end of Year 8, students compare physical and chemical changes and use the particle model to explain and predict the properties and behaviours of substances. They identify different forms of energy and describe how energy transfers and transformations …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU078
The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun)
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU190
Energy conservation in a system can be explained by describing energy transfers and transformations
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU190 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU117
investigating a simple machine such as lever or pulley system
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU117 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU150
describing the structure of each organ in a system and relating its function to the overall function of the system
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU150 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSSU078
identifying the planets of the solar system and comparing how long they take to orbit the sun
Elaboration | ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSSU150
identifying the organs and overall function of a system of a multicellular organism in supporting the life processes
Elaboration | ACSSU150 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU078
modelling the relative size of and distance between Earth, other planets in the solar system and the sun
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE081
researching how scientists were able to develop ideas about the solar system through the gathering of evidence through space exploration
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE081 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSHE081
describing how scientists from a range of cultures have improved our understanding of the solar system, such as Copernicus, Khayyám and Galileo
Elaboration (3) | ACSHE081 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSHE119
researching different ideas used in the development of models of the solar system developed by scientists such as Copernicus, Khayyám and Galileo
Elaboration (1) | ACSHE119 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU176
considering how energy flows into and out of an ecosystem via the pathways of food webs, and how it must be replaced to maintain the sustainability of the system
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU176 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU190
recognising that in energy transfer and transformation, a variety of processes can occur, so that the usable energy is reduced and the system is not 100% efficient
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU190 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum