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