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
Elaboration (3) ACSSU043
investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of the adaptations of certain species and how those adaptations can be exploited (OI.5, OI.9)
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU043 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU077
recognising that not all substances can be easily classified on the basis of their observable properties
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU077 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU078
researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ understanding of the night sky and its use for timekeeping purposes as evidenced in oral cultural records, petroglyphs, paintings and stone arrangements (OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU080
recognising that the colour of an object depends on the properties of the object and the colour of the light source
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU080 | 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 (3) ACSHE083
describing the safety aspects of using gases
Elaboration (3) | ACSHE083 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSIS086
considering different ways to approach problem solving, including researching, using trial and error, experimental testing and creating models
Elaboration (3) | ACSIS086 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSIS087
recording data in tables and diagrams or electronically as digital images and spreadsheets
Elaboration (3) | ACSIS087 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSIS093
acknowledging and exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of representing and communicating information about anatomical features, including structural adaptations
Elaboration (3) | ACSIS093 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU043
exploring general adaptations for particular environments such as adaptations that aid water conservation in deserts
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU043 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | 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 (2) ACSSU078
recognising the role of the sun as a provider of energy for the Earth
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU080
classifying materials as transparent, opaque or translucent based on whether light passes through them or is absorbed
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU080 | 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 (2) ACSHE083
comparing the benefits of using solid, liquid or gaseous fuels to heat a home
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE083 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS231
acknowledging and using information from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to guide the formulation of investigable questions about adaptations
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS231 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS086
discussing the advantages of certain types of investigation for answering certain types of questions
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS086 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS087
using familiar units such as grams, seconds and meters and developing the use of standard multipliers such as kilometres and millimetres
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS087 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSIS090
identifying similarities and differences in qualitative data in order to group items or materials
Elaboration (2) | ACSIS090 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum