Year 6 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 6 | 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
Elaboration (9) ACSHE100
discussing how modern approaches to fire ecology in Australia are being informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ traditional ecological knowledge and fire management practices (OI.2, OI.9)
Elaboration (9) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACSSU095
investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of reversible processes, such as the application of adhesives, and of irreversible processes, such as the use of fuels for torches (OI.5)
Elaboration (6) | ACSSU095 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACSHE098
learning how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge, such as the medicinal and nutritional properties of Australian plants, is being used as part of the evidence base for scientific advances (OI.9)
Elaboration (6) | ACSHE098 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACSHE100
investigating how electrical energy is generated in Australia and around the world
Elaboration (6) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum