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
Achievement Standard Science Year 1
By the end of Year 1, students describe objects and events that they encounter in their everyday lives, and the effects of interacting with materials and objects. They describe changes in their local environment and how different places meet the needs …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU017
identifying common features of plants such as leaves and roots
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU017 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU211
exploring what happens when habitats change and some living things can no longer have their needs met
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU211 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU018
exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples apply physical changes to natural materials to render them useful for particular purposes (OI.2, OI.5)
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU018 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU019
recognising the extensive knowledge of daily and seasonal changes in weather patterns and landscape held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU019 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU020
recognising that objects can be seen when light from sources is available to illuminate them
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU020 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE021
recognising how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use changes in the landscape and the sky to answer questions about when to gather certain resources (OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE021 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE022
exploring how musical instruments can be used to produce different sounds
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE022 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS025
exploring different ways of solving science questions through guided discussion
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS025 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS027
exploring ways of recording and sharing information through class discussion
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS027 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS029
acknowledging and learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of representing and sharing observations
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS029 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU017
describing the use of animal body parts for particular purposes such as moving and feeding
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU017 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU211
recognising that different living things live in different places such as land and water
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU211 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU018
exploring how materials such as water, chocolate or play dough change when warmed or cooled
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU018 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU019
recording short and longer term patterns of events that occur on Earth and in the sky, such as the appearance of the moon and stars at night, the weather and the seasons
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU019 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU020
identifying the sun as a source of light
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU020 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSHE021
recognising that descriptions of what we observe are used by people to help identify change
Elaboration (1) | ACSHE021 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSHE022
considering that technologies used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples require an understanding of how materials can be sustainably sourced to make tools and weapons, musical instruments, clothing, cosmetics and artworks (OI.2, OI.3)
Elaboration (1) | ACSHE022 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSIS024
using the senses to explore the local environment to pose interesting questions and making predictions about what will happen
Elaboration (1) | ACSIS024 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum