Key ideas Science
In the Australian Curriculum: Science, there are six key ideas that represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science, as shown Figure 1 below. These are embedded within each …
Key ideas | Science | F-10 curriculum
Structure HASS
The Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences may be implemented as a combined F–6 program or as an F–7 program. The F–6/7 curriculum is organised into two interrelated strands: knowledge and understanding and inquiry and skills. Knowledge …
Structure | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Structure English
Strands, sub-strands and threads The Australian Curriculum: English Foundation to Year 10 is organised into three interrelated strands that support students' growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English (English). Each strand interacts …
Structure | English | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents HASS
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences F-6/7 are available as PDF documents. F-6/7 HASS - Combined Sequence of Content F-6/7 HASS - Combined Sequence of Achievement F-6/7 History - Sequence of Achievement F-6/7 …
PDF documents | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | 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
Achievement Standard Mathematics Year 4
By the end of Year 4, students choose appropriate strategies for calculations involving multiplication and division. They recognise common equivalent fractions in familiar contexts and make connections between fraction and decimal notations up to two …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 9
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 9, students analyse the ways that text structures can be manipulated for effect. They analyse and explain how images, vocabulary choices and language features distinguish the work of …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Mathematics Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students solve problems involving simple interest. They interpret ratio and scale factors in similar figures. Students explain similarity of triangles. They recognise the connections between similarity and the trigonometric ratios. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students explain chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers and describe examples of important chemical reactions. They describe models of energy transfer and apply these to explain phenomena. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 6
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 6, students understand how the use of text structures can achieve particular effects. They analyse and explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used by different authors …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Civics and Citizenship Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students evaluate features of Australia’s political system, and identify and analyse the influences on people’s political choices. They explain the key principles of Australia’s system of justice and analyse the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Mathematics Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students recognise the properties of prime, composite, square and triangular numbers. They describe the use of integers in everyday contexts. They solve problems involving all four operations with whole numbers. Students connect …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
History Achievement Standard HASS Year 6
By the end of Year 6 students explain the significance of an event/development, an individual or group. They identify and describe continuities and changes for different groups in the past. They describe the causes and effects of change on society. They …
History Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standard HASS Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain the role and importance of people, institutions, and processes to Australia’s democracy and legal system. They describe the rights and responsibilities of Australian citizens and the obligations they may have as …
Civics and Citizenship Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard History Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students refer to key events and the actions of individuals and groups to explain patterns of change and continuity over time. They analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and make judgements about their importance. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Geography Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students explain how geographical processes change the characteristics of places. They analyse interconnections between people, places and environments and explain how these interconnections influence people, and change places and …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Economics and Business Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students explain the role of the Australian economy in allocating and distributing resources, and analyse the interdependence of participants in the global economy. They explain the importance of managing financial risks and rewards …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Economics and Business | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Geography Achievement Standard HASS Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students describe the location of places in selected countries in absolute and relative terms. They describe and explain the diverse characteristics of places in different locations from local to global scales. They describe the …
Geography Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Economics and Business Achievement Standards HASS Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students recognise why choices about the allocation of resources involve trade-offs. They explain why it is important to be informed when making consumer and financial decisions. They identify the purpose of business and recognise …
Economics and Business Achievement Standards | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
HASS Achievement Standard HASS Year 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain the significance of an event/development, an individual and/or group. They identify and describe continuities and changes for different groups in the past and present. They describe the causes and effects of change …
HASS Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum