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

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

ACSSU078

The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun)

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU078

identifying the planets of the solar system and comparing how long they take to orbit the sun

Elaboration | ACSSU078 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU078

modelling the relative size of and distance between Earth, other planets in the solar system and the sun

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU078 | 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 (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