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 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
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 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 2
By the end of Year 2, students describe changes to objects, materials and living things. They identify that certain materials and resources have different uses and describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives. Students pose …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 2 | 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 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
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
Achievement Standard Science Year 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse how the periodic table organises elements and use it to make predictions about the properties of elements. They explain how chemical reactions are used to produce particular products and how different factors influence …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU032
Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU032 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU117
Change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravitational attraction, acting on the object
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU117 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU048
Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU048 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | 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
ACSSU096
Sudden geological changes and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU096 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU116
Some of Earth’s resources are renewable, including water that cycles through the environment, but others are non-renewable
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU116 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSHE160
People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims, explanations or predictions, and advances in science can affect people’s lives, including generating new career opportunities
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSHE194
People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims, explanations or predictions, and advances in science can affect people’s lives, including generating new career opportunities
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSHE194 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU075
considering how different human activities cause erosion of the Earth’s surface
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum