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

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 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

ACSSU184

Transmission of heritable characteristics from one generation to the next involves DNA and genes

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU184 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU049

Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU049 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU076

Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU076 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS042

presenting ideas to other students, both one-to-one and in small groups

Elaboration | ACSIS042 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS170

suggesting more than one possible explanation of the data presented

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS170 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS027

using matching activities, including identifying similar things, odd-one-out and opposites

Elaboration | ACSIS027 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum