Animal ethics
Through a consideration of research ethics as part of Science Inquiry Skills, students will examine their own ethical position, draw on ethical perspectives when designing investigation methods, and ensure that any activities that impact on living organisms …
Animal ethics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Estimating and calculating with whole numbers - Understand and use numbers in context Numeracy Estimating and calculating with whole numbers Level 6
use different ways to represent very large and very small numbers including scientific notation
Estimating and calculating with whole numbers - Understand and use numbers in context | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Numeracy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Science
Science provides an empirical way of answering interesting and important questions about the biological, physical and technological world. The knowledge it produces has proved to be a reliable basis for action in our personal, social and economic lives. …
Rationale | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLASFU160
exploring similarities and differences in Auslan dialects through building webcam relationships with other schools or through identifying and collecting signs that differ in the northern (Qld and NSW) and southern (Vic., SA, WA and Tas.) dialects, such …
Elaboration | ACLASFU160 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Aims Science
The Australian Curriculum: Science aims to ensure that students develop: an interest in science as a means of expanding their curiosity and willingness to explore, ask questions about and speculate on the changing world in which they live an understanding …
Aims | Science | F-10 curriculum
Year 9 Mathematics
The proficiency strands understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning are an integral part of mathematics content across the three content strands: number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. The proficiencies …
Year 9 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
ACMMM063
understand and use scientific notation and significant figures.
ACMMM063 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students describe techniques to separate pure substances from mixtures. They represent and predict the effects of unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravity, on motion. They explain how the relative positions of Earth, the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 8
By the end of Year 8, students compare physical and chemical changes and use the particle model to explain and predict the properties and behaviours of substances. They identify different forms of energy and describe how energy transfers and transformations …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | Science | 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 Science Year 3
By the end of Year 3, students use their understanding of the movement of Earth, materials and the behaviour of heat to suggest explanations for everyday observations. They group living things based on observable features and distinguish them from non-living …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Science - Year 5
Use and influence of science Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE083)
Science - Year 5 | Knowledge and understanding | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Science - Year 6
Use and influence of science Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100)
Science - Year 6 | Knowledge and understanding | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
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
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
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
Rationale Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages
Nganki - ka Kardu thipmam - wa! I Murrinh warda ngatha. The nganthin ngumpanngerren. I ku ngakumarl, da ngarra ngugumingki wurran. The da matha nganthin ngala i da bere matha wangu ngumamath ngumpan ngarra magulkul nganki. We are black people. …
Rationale | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 10
By the end of Year 10, students analyse how the periodic table organises elements and use it to make predictions about the properties of elements. They explain how chemical reactions are used to produce particular products and how different factors influence …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Earth and Environmental Science
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Earth and Environmental Science varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. The Earth and Environmental Science curriculum …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Using measurement - operate with clocks, calendars and timetables Numeracy Using measurement Level 6
use 12- and 24-hour systems within a multiple time zone to solve time problems, use large and small timescales in complex contexts and place historical and scientific events on an extended time scale
Using measurement - operate with clocks, calendars and timetables | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Numeracy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum