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

Foundation Year Science

The Science content includes the three strands of science understanding, science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour. The three strands of the curriculum are interrelated and their content is taught in an integrated way. The order and detail …

Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum

Year 1 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 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Year 2 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 2 | 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

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 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

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 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

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 8 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 8 | 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 7

By the end of Year 7, students describe techniques to separate pure substances from mixtures. They represent and predict the effects of unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravity, on motion. They explain how the relative positions of Earth, the …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU005

The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU005 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU005

observing the way different shaped objects such as balls, blocks and tubes move

Elaboration | ACSSU005 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU005

comparing the way different sized, but similar shaped, objects such as tennis balls, golf balls, marbles and basketballs roll and bounce

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU005 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU077

exploring the way solids, liquids and gases change under different situations such as heating and cooling

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU077 | 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 (8) ACSHE100

considering how electricity and electrical appliances have changed the way some people live

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum