science - k-10 outline...earth and space sciences daily and seasonal changes in our environment,...

ScienceUnderstanding

BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Livingthingshavebasicneeds,

includingfoodandwater

(ACSSU002)

Literacy

Criticalandcreativethinking

CHEMICALSCIENCES

Objectsaremadeofmaterialsthat

haveobservableproperties

(ACSSU003)

Literacy


ScienceasaHumanEndeavour

NAT UREANDDEVELOPMENT OFSCIENCE

Scienceinvolvesexploringand

observingtheworldusingthe

senses(ACSHE013)

ScienceInquirySkills

QUEST IONINGANDPREDICT ING

Respondtoquestionsaboutfamiliar

objectsandevents(ACSIS014)

PLANNINGANDCONDUCT ING

Exploreandmakeobservationsby

usingthesenses(ACSIS011)

PROCESSINGANDANALYSINGDATAANDINFORMAT ION

Engageindiscussionsabout

observationsandusemethodssuch

asdrawingtorepresentideas

(ACSIS233)

Science

SciencePre-primaryYearSyllabus

ThesciencecontentincludesthethreestrandsofScienceUnderstanding,ScienceInquirySkillsandScienceasaHuman

Endeavour.Thethreestrandsofthecurriculumareinterrelatedandtheircontentistaughtinanintegratedway.Theorder

anddetailinwhichthecontentdescriptionsareorganisedintoteaching/learningprogramsaredecisionstobemadebythe

teacher.

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EART HANDSPACESCIENCES

Dailyandseasonalchangesinour

environment,includingtheweather,

affecteverydaylife(ACSSU004)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Thewayobjectsmovedependsona

varietyoffactors,includingtheirsize

andshape(ACSSU005)

Literacy

Numeracy


COMMUNICAT ING

Shareobservationsandideas

(ACSIS012)

ScienceAchievementStandard

BytheendofthePre-primaryyear,studentsdescribethepropertiesandbehaviouroffamiliarobjects.Theysuggesthowthe

environmentaffectsthemandotherlivingthings.

Studentsshareobservationsoffamiliarobjectsandevents.

JudgingStandards

Year1Syllabus

TheScienceInquirySkillsandScienceasaHumanEndeavourstrandsaredescribedacrossatwo-yearband.Intheir

planning,schoolsandteachersrefertotheexpectationsoutlinedintheAchievementStandardandalsotothecontentofthe

ScienceUnderstandingstrandfortherelevantyearleveltoensurethatthesetwostrandsareaddressedoverthetwo-year

period.Thethreestrandsofthecurriculumareinterrelatedandtheircontentistaughtinanintegratedway.Theorderand

detailinwhichthecontentdescriptionsareorganisedintoteaching/learningprogramsaredecisionstobemadebythe

teacher.



BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Livingthingshaveavarietyof

externalfeatures(ACSSU017)

Literacy


Livingthingsliveindifferentplaces

wheretheirneedsaremet

(ACSSU211)

CHEMICALSCIENCES

Everydaymaterialscanbephysically

changedinavarietyofways

(ACSSU018)

Literacy



Observablechangesoccurinthesky

andlandscape(ACSSU019)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Lightandsoundareproducedbya

rangeofsourcesandcanbesensed

(ACSSU020)

Literacy




Scienceinvolvesaskingquestions

about,anddescribingchangesin,

objectsandevents(ACSHE021)

USEANDINFLUENCEOFSCIENCE

Peopleusescienceintheirdaily

lives,includingwhencaringfortheir

environmentandlivingthings

(ACSHE022)

Literacy


Personalandsocialcapability



Respondtoandposequestions,and

makepredictionsaboutfamiliar



Participateindifferenttypesof

guidedinvestigationstoexploreand

answerquestions,suchas

manipulatingmaterials,testing

ideas,andaccessinginformation

sources(ACSIS025)



Useinformalmeasurementsinthe

collectionandrecordingof

observations,withtheassistanceof

digitaltechnologiesasappropriate

(ACSIS026)

Numeracy



Usearangeofmethodstosort

information,includingdrawingsand

providedtables(ACSIS027)

Throughdiscussion,compare

observationswithpredictions

(ACSIS212)

EVALUAT ING

Compareobservationswiththoseof

others(ACSIS213)

COMMUNICAT ING

Representandcommunicate

observationsandideasinavariety

ofwayssuchasoralandwritten

language,drawingandroleplay

(ACSIS029)


BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Livingthingsgrow,changeandhave





Respondtoandposequestions,and


BytheendofYear1,studentsdescribeobjectsandeventsthattheyencounterintheireverydaylives,andtheeffectsof

interactingwithmaterialsandobjects.Theyidentifyarangeofhabitats.Theydescribechangestothingsintheirlocal

environmentandsuggesthowsciencehelpspeoplecareforenvironments.

Studentsmakepredictions,andinvestigateeverydayphenomena.Theyfollowinstructionstorecordandsorttheir

observationsandsharetheirobservationswithothers.

JudgingStandards

Year2Syllabus


planning,schoolsandteachersrefertotheexpectationsoutlinedintheAchievementStandardsandalsotothecontentof

theScienceUnderstandingstrandfortherelevantyearleveltoensurethatthesetwostrandsareaddressedoverthetwo-

yearperiod.Thethreestrandsofthecurriculumareinterrelatedandtheircontentistaughtinanintegratedway.Theorder


teacher.


offspringsimilartothemselves

(ACSSU030)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Differentmaterialscanbecombined,

includingbymixing,foraparticular

purpose(ACSSU031)


Earth’sresources,includingwater,

areusedinavarietyofways

(ACSSU032)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Apushorapullaffectshowan

objectmovesorchangesshape

(ACSSU033)

Literacy


Scienceinvolvesaskingquestions

about,anddescribingchangesin,

objectsandevents(ACSHE034)


Peopleusescienceintheirdaily

lives,includingwhencaringfortheir

environmentandlivingthings

(ACSHE035)

Literacy



makepredictionsaboutfamiliar



Participateindifferenttypesof

guidedinvestigationstoexploreand

answerquestions,suchas

manipulatingmaterials,testing

ideas,andaccessinginformation

sources(ACSIS038)



Useinformalmeasurementsinthe

collectionandrecordingof

observations,withtheassistanceof


(ACSIS039)

Numeracy



Usearangeofmethodstosort

information,includingdrawingsand

providedtables(ACSIS040)

Throughdiscussion,compare

observationswithpredictions

(ACSIS214)

EVALUAT ING

Compareobservationswiththoseof

others(ACSIS041)

COMMUNICAT ING

Representandcommunicate

observationsandideasinavariety

ofwayssuchasoralandwritten

language,drawingandroleplay

(ACSIS042)


BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Livingthingscanbegroupedonthe

basisofobservablefeaturesandcan

bedistinguishedfromnon-living

things(ACSSU044)

Literacy



Scienceinvolvesmakingpredictions

anddescribingpatternsand

relationships(ACSHE050)




Withguidance,identifyquestionsin

familiarcontextsthatcanbe

investigatedscientificallyandpredict

whatmighthappenbasedonprior

knowledge(ACSIS053)


BytheendofYear2,studentsdescribechangestoobjects,materialsandlivingthings.Theyidentifythatcertainmaterials

andresourceshavedifferentusesanddescribeexamplesofwherescienceisusedinpeople’sdailylives.

Studentsposequestionsabouttheirexperiencesandpredictoutcomesofinvestigations.Theyuseinformalmeasurements

tomakeandcompareobservations.Theyfollowinstructionstorecordandrepresenttheirobservationsandcommunicate

theirideastoothers.

JudgingStandards

Year3Syllabus






teacher.



CHEMICALSCIENCES

Achangeofstatebetweensolidand

liquidcanbecausedbyaddingor

removingheat(ACSSU046)

Literacy



Earth’srotationonitsaxiscauses

regularchanges,includingnightand

day(ACSSU048)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Heatcanbeproducedinmanyways

andcanmovefromoneobjectto

another(ACSSU049)

Literacy


Scienceknowledgehelpspeopleto

understandtheeffectoftheiractions

(ACSHE051)

Literacy



Suggestwaystoplanandconduct

investigationstofindanswersto

questions(ACSIS054)

Safelyuseappropriatematerials,

toolsorequipmenttomakeand

recordobservations,usingformal

measurementsanddigital

technologiesasappropriate

(ACSIS055)


Usearangeofmethodsincluding

tablesandsimplecolumngraphsto

representdataandtoidentify

patternsandtrends(ACSIS057)

Compareresultswithpredictions,

suggestingpossiblereasonsfor

findings(ACSIS215)

EVALUAT ING

Reflectontheinvestigation,

includingwhetheratestwasfairor

not(ACSIS058)

COMMUNICAT ING

Representandcommunicateideas

andfindingsinavarietyofways

suchasdiagrams,physical

representationsandsimplereports

(ACSIS060)



BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Livingthingshavelifecycles

(ACSSU072)

Literacy


Livingthings,includingplantsand

animals,dependoneachotherand

theenvironmenttosurvive

(ACSSU073)

Literacy




Scienceinvolvesmakingpredictions

anddescribingpatternsand

relationships(ACSHE061)


Scienceknowledgehelpspeopleto

understandtheeffectoftheiractions

(ACSHE062)

Literacy




Withguidance,identifyquestionsin

familiarcontextsthatcanbe

investigatedscientificallyandpredict

whatmighthappenbasedonprior

knowledge(ACSIS064)


Suggestwaystoplanandconduct

investigationstofindanswersto

questions(ACSIS065)

Safelyuseappropriatematerials,

toolsorequipmenttomakeand

BytheendofYear3,studentsusetheirunderstandingofthemovementoftheEarth,materialsandthebehaviourofheatto

suggestexplanationsforeverydayobservationsTheydescribefeaturescommontolivingthings.Theydescribehowthey

canusescienceinvestigationstorespondtoquestionsandidentifywherepeopleusescienceknowledgeintheirlives.

Studentsusetheirexperiencestoposequestionsandpredicttheoutcomesofinvestigations.Theymakeformal

measurementsandfollowprocedurestocollectandpresentobservationsinawaythathelpstoanswertheinvestigation

questions.Studentssuggestpossiblereasonsfortheirfindings.Theydescribehowsafetyandfairnesswereconsideredin

theirinvestigations.Theyusediagramsandotherrepresentationstocommunicatetheirideas.

JudgingStandards

Year4Syllabus






teacher.


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Naturalandprocessedmaterials

havearangeofphysicalproperties;

Thesepropertiescaninfluencetheir

use(ACSSU074)

Literacy



Earth’ssurfacechangesovertimeas

aresultofnaturalprocessesand

humanactivity(ACSSU075)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Forcescanbeexertedbyoneobject

onanotherthroughdirectcontactor

fromadistance(ACSSU076)

Literacy


recordobservations,usingformal

measurementsanddigital


(ACSIS066)


Usearangeofmethodsincluding

tablesandsimplecolumngraphsto

representdataandtoidentify

patternsandtrends(ACSIS068)

Compareresultswithpredictions,

suggestingpossiblereasonsfor

findings(ACSIS216)

EVALUAT ING

Reflectontheinvestigation;

includingwhetheratestwasfairor

not(ACSIS069)

COMMUNICAT ING

Representandcommunicateideas

andfindingsinavarietyofways

suchasdiagrams,physical

representationsandsimplereports

(ACSIS071)


BytheendofYear4,studentsapplytheobservablepropertiesofmaterialstoexplainhowobjectsandmaterialscanbe

used.Theyusecontactandnon-contactforcestodescribeinteractionsbetweenobjects.Theydiscusshownaturaland

humanprocessescausechangestotheEarth’ssurface.Theydescriberelationshipsthatassistthesurvivaloflivingthings

andsequencekeystagesinthelifecycleofaplantoranimal.Theyidentifywhenscienceisusedtoaskquestionsandmake

predictions.Theydescribesituationswherescienceunderstandingcaninfluencetheirownandothers’actions.

Studentsfollowinstructionstoidentifyinvestigablequestionsaboutfamiliarcontextsandpredictlikelyoutcomesfrom


BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Livingthingshavestructuralfeatures

andadaptationsthathelpthemto

surviveintheirenvironment

(ACSSU043)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Solids,liquidsandgaseshave

differentobservablepropertiesand

behaveindifferentways

(ACSSU077)

Literacy




Scienceinvolvestestingpredictions

bygatheringdataandusing

evidencetodevelopexplanationsof

eventsandphenomena

(ACSHE081)

Literacy


Importantcontributionstothe

advancementofsciencehavebeen

madebypeoplefromarangeof

cultures(ACSHE082)


Interculturalunderstanding



Withguidance,posequestionsto

clarifypracticalproblemsorinforma

scientificinvestigation,andpredict

whatthefindingsofaninvestigation

mightbe(ACSIS231)


Withguidance,planappropriate

investigationmethodstoanswer

questionsorsolveproblems

(ACSIS086)

Decidewhichvariableshouldbe

changedandmeasuredinfairtests

andaccuratelyobserve,measure

andrecorddata,usingdigital

investigations.Theydiscusswaystoconductinvestigationsandsafelyuseequipmenttomakeandrecordobservations.

Theyuseprovidedtablesandsimplecolumngraphstoorganisetheirdataandidentifypatternsindata.Studentssuggest

explanationsforobservationsandcomparetheirfindingswiththeirpredictions.Theysuggestreasonswhytheirmethods

werefairornot.Theycompletesimplereportstocommunicatetheirmethodsandfindings.

JudgingStandards

Year5Syllabus






teacher.



TheEarthispartofasystemof

planetsorbitingaroundastar(the

sun)(ACSSU078)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Lightfromasourceformsshadows

andcanbeabsorbed,reflectedand

refracted(ACSSU080)

Literacy

Numeracy



Scientificunderstandings,

discoveriesandinventionsareused

tosolveproblemsthatdirectlyaffect

peoples’lives(ACSHE083)

Scientificknowledgeisusedto

informpersonalandcommunity

decisions(ACSHE217)




(ACSIS087)

Useequipmentandmaterialssafely,

identifyingpotentialrisks

(ACSIS088)


Constructandusearangeof

representations,includingtablesand

graphs,torepresentanddescribe

observations,patternsor

relationshipsindatausingdigital


(ACSIS090)


InformationandCommunication

Technology(ICT)capability

Comparedatawithpredictionsand

useasevidenceindeveloping

explanations(ACSIS218)

EVALUAT ING

Suggestimprovementstothe

methodsusedtoinvestigatea

questionorsolveaproblem

(ACSIS091)

COMMUNICAT ING

Communicateideas,explanations

andprocessesinavarietyofways,

includingmulti-modaltexts

(ACSIS093)


BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Thegrowthandsurvivalofliving

thingsareaffectedbythephysical

conditionsoftheirenvironment

(ACSSU094)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES



Scienceinvolvestestingpredictions

bygatheringdataandusing

evidencetodevelopexplanationsof

eventsandphenomena

(ACSHE098)

Literacy




Withguidance,posequestionsto

clarifypracticalproblemsorinforma

scientificinvestigation,andpredict

whatthefindingsofaninvestigation

mightbe(ACSIS232)


Withguidance,planappropriate


BytheendofYear5,studentsclassifysubstancesaccordingtotheirobservablepropertiesandbehaviours.Theyexplain

everydayphenomenaassociatedwiththetransferoflight.Theydescribethekeyfeaturesofoursolarsystem.Theyanalyse

howtheformoflivingthingsenablesthemtofunctionintheirenvironments.Studentsdiscusshowscientificdevelopments

haveaffectedpeople’slivesandhowscienceknowledgedevelopsfrommanypeople’scontributions.

Studentsfollowinstructionstoposequestionsforinvestigation,predictwhatmighthappenwhenvariablesarechanged,and

planinvestigationmethods.Theyuseequipmentinwaysthataresafeandimprovetheaccuracyoftheirobservations.

Studentsconstructtablesandgraphstoorganisedataandidentifypatterns.Theyusepatternsintheirdatatosuggest

explanationsandrefertodatawhentheyreportfindings.Theydescribewaystoimprovethefairnessoftheirmethodsand

communicatetheirideas,methodsandfindingsusingarangeoftexttypes.

JudgingStandards

Year6Syllabus






teacher.


Changestomaterialscanbe

reversible,suchasmelting,freezing,

evaporating;orirreversible,suchas

burningandrusting(ACSSU095)

Literacy



Suddengeologicalchangesor

extremeweatherconditionscan

affectEarth’ssurface(ACSSU096)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Electricalcircuitsprovideameansof

transferringandtransforming

electricity(ACSSU097)

Literacy


Energyfromavarietyofsourcescan

beusedtogenerateelectricity

(ACSSU219)

Literacy


Importantcontributionstothe

advancementofsciencehavebeen

madebypeoplefromarangeof

cultures(ACSHE099)


Interculturalunderstanding


Scientificunderstandings,

discoveriesandinventionsareused

tosolveproblemsthatdirectlyaffect

peoples’lives(ACSHE100)

Scientificknowledgeisusedto

informpersonalandcommunity

decisions(ACSHE220)



investigationmethodstoanswer

questionsorsolveproblems

(ACSIS103)

Decidewhichvariableshouldbe

changedandmeasuredinfairtests

andaccuratelyobserve,measure

andrecorddata,usingdigital


(ACSIS104)

Useequipmentandmaterialssafely,

identifyingpotentialrisks

(ACSIS105)



representations,includingtablesand

graphs,torepresentanddescribe

observations,patternsor

relationshipsindatausingdigital


(ACSIS107)




Comparedatawithpredictionsand

useasevidenceindeveloping

explanations(ACSIS221)

EVALUAT ING

Suggestimprovementstothe

methodsusedtoinvestigatea

questionorsolveaproblem

(ACSIS108)

COMMUNICAT ING

Communicateideas,explanations

andprocessesinavarietyofways,

includingmulti-modaltexts

(ACSIS110)


BIOLOGICALSCIENCES





BytheendofYear6,studentscompareandclassifydifferenttypesofobservablechangestomaterials.Theyanalyse

requirementsforthetransferofelectricityanddescribehowenergycanbetransformedfromoneformtoanothertogenerate

electricity.TheyexplainhownaturaleventscauserapidchangetotheEarth’ssurface.Theydescribeandpredicttheeffectof

environmentalchangesonindividuallivingthings.Studentsexplainhowscientificknowledgeisusedindecisionmaking

andidentifycontributionstothedevelopmentofsciencebypeoplefromarangeofcultures.

Studentsfollowprocedurestodevelopinvestigablequestionsanddesigninvestigationsintosimplecause-and-effect

relationships.Theyidentifyvariablestobechangedandmeasuredanddescribepotentialsafetyriskswhenplanning

methods.Theycollect,organiseandinterprettheirdata,identifyingwhereimprovementstotheirmethodsorresearchcould

improvethedata.Theydescribeandanalyserelationshipsindatausinggraphicrepresentationsandconstructmulti-modal

textstocommunicateideas,methodsandfindings.

JudgingStandards

Year7Syllabus






teacher.


Therearedifferenceswithinand

betweengroupsoforganisms;

classificationhelpsorganisethis

diversity(ACSSU111)

Literacy


Interactionsbetweenorganismscan

bedescribedintermsoffoodchains

andfoodwebs;humanactivitycan

affecttheseinteractions

(ACSSU112)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Mixtures,includingsolutions,contain

acombinationofpuresubstances

thatcanbeseparatedusingarange

oftechniques(ACSSU113)

Literacy



PredictablephenomenaonEarth,

includingseasonsandeclipses,are

causedbytherelativepositionsof

thesun,Earthandthemoon

(ACSSU115)

Literacy

Numeracy


SomeofEarth’sresourcesare

renewable,butothersarenon-


Scientificknowledgechangesas

newevidencebecomesavailable,

andsomescientificdiscoverieshave

significantlychangedpeople’s

understandingoftheworld

(ACSHE119)

Literacy


Scienceknowledgecandevelop

throughcollaborationand

connectingideasacrossthe

disciplinesofscience(ACSHE223)

Literacy



Scienceandtechnologycontributeto

findingsolutionstoarangeof

contemporaryissues;thesesolutions

mayimpactonotherareasofsociety

andinvolveethicalconsiderations

(ACSHE120)

Literacy


Ethicalunderstanding

Scienceunderstandinginfluences

thedevelopmentofpracticesin

areasofhumanactivitysuchas

industry,agricultureandmarineand

terrestrialresourcemanagement

(ACSHE121)

Identifyquestionsandproblemsthat

canbeinvestigatedscientificallyand

makepredictionsbasedonscientific

knowledge(ACSIS124)

Literacy



Collaborativelyandindividuallyplan

andconductarangeofinvestigation

types,includingfieldworkand

experiments,ensuringsafetyand

ethicalguidelinesarefollowed

(ACSIS125)

Literacy




Infairtests,measureandcontrol

variables,andselectequipmentto

collectdatawithaccuracy

appropriatetothetask(ACSIS126)

Literacy

Numeracy



representations,includinggraphs,

keysandmodelstorepresentand

analysepatternsorrelationships,

includingusingdigitaltechnologies

asappropriate(ACSIS129)

Literacy

renewable(ACSSU116)

Literacy


Waterisanimportantresourcethat

cyclesthroughtheenvironment

(ACSSU222)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Changetoanobject’smotionis

causedbyunbalancedforcesacting

ontheobject(ACSSU117)

Literacy


Earth’sgravitypullsobjectstowards

thecentreoftheEarth(ACSSU118)

Literacy


Literacy


Peopleuseunderstandingandskills

fromacrossthedisciplinesof

scienceintheiroccupations

(ACSHE224)

Literacy


Numeracy




Summarisedata,fromstudents’own

investigationsandsecondary

sources,andusescientific

understandingtoidentify

relationshipsanddrawconclusions

(ACSIS130)

Literacy

Numeracy


EVALUAT ING

Reflectonthemethodusedto

investigateaquestionorsolvea

problem,includingevaluatingthe

qualityofthedatacollected,and

identifyimprovementstothemethod

(ACSIS131)

Literacy

Numeracy


Usescientificknowledgeand

findingsfrominvestigationsto

evaluateclaims(ACSIS132)

Literacy


COMMUNICAT ING

Communicateideas,findingsand

solutionstoproblemsusingscientific

languageandrepresentationsusing


(ACSIS133)

Literacy




BytheendofYear7,studentsdescribetechniquestoseparatepuresubstancesfrommixtures.Theyrepresentandpredict

theeffectsofunbalancedforces,includingEarth’sgravity,onmotion.TheyexplainhowtherelativepositionsoftheEarth,

sunandmoonaffectphenomenaonEarth.Theyanalysehowthesustainableuseofresourcesdependsonthewaytheyare

formedandcyclethroughEarthsystems.Theypredicttheeffectofenvironmentalchangesonfeedingrelationshipsand

classifyandorganisediverseorganismsbasedonobservabledifferences.Studentsdescribesituationswherescientific

knowledgefromdifferentsciencedisciplineshasbeenusedtosolveareal-worldproblem.Theyexplainhowthesolution

wasviewedby,andimpactedon,differentgroupsinsociety.

Studentsidentifyquestionsthatcanbeinvestigatedscientifically.Theyplanfairexperimentalmethods,identifyingvariables

tobechangedandmeasured.Theyselectequipmentthatimprovesfairnessandaccuracyanddescribehowthey

consideredsafety.Studentsdrawonevidencetosupporttheirconclusions.Theysummarisedatafromdifferentsources,

describetrendsandrefertothequalityoftheirdatawhensuggestingimprovementstotheirmethods.Theycommunicate

theirideas,methodsandfindingsusingscientificlanguageandappropriaterepresentations.

JudgingStandards

Year8Syllabus




period.Thethreestrandsofthecurriculumareinterrelatedandtheircontentistaughtinanintegratedway.TheScienceasa

HumanEndeavourstrandcanproviderelevantcontextsinwhichsciencecanbetaught.Theorderanddetailinwhichthe

contentdescriptionsareorganisedintoteaching/learningprogramsaredecisionstobemadebytheteacher.



BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Cellsarethebasicunitsofliving

thingsandhavespecialised

structuresandfunctions

(ACSSU149)

Literacy


Multi-cellularorganismscontain

systemsoforgansthatcarryout

specialisedfunctionsthatenable

themtosurviveandreproduce

(ACSSU150)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Thepropertiesofthedifferentstates

ofmattercanbeexplainedinterms

ofthemotionandarrangementof

particles(ACSSU151)

Literacy


Differencesbetweenelements,

compoundsandmixturescanbe

describedataparticlelevel

(ACSSU152)

Literacy


Chemicalchangeinvolves

substancesreactingtoformnew



Scientificknowledgechangesas

newevidencebecomesavailable,

andsomescientificdiscoverieshave

significantlychangedpeople’s

understandingoftheworld

(ACSHE134)

Literacy


Scienceknowledgecandevelop

throughcollaborationand

connectingideasacrossthe

disciplinesofscience(ACSHE226)

Literacy



Scienceandtechnologycontributeto

findingsolutionstoarangeof

contemporaryissues;thesesolutions

mayimpactonotherareasofsociety

andinvolveethicalconsiderations

(ACSHE135)

Literacy



Scienceunderstandinginfluences

thedevelopmentofpracticesin

areasofhumanactivitysuchas

industry,agricultureandmarineand



Identifyquestionsandproblemsthat

canbeinvestigatedscientificallyand

makepredictionsbasedonscientific

knowledge(ACSIS139)

Literacy



Collaborativelyandindividuallyplan

andconductarangeofinvestigation

types,includingfieldworkand

experiments,ensuringsafetyand

ethicalguidelinesarefollowed

(ACSIS140)

Literacy




Infairtests,measureandcontrol

variables,andselectequipmentto

collectdatawithaccuracy

appropriatetothetask(ACSIS141)

Literacy

Numeracy



representations,includinggraphs,

keysandmodelstorepresentand

analysepatternsorrelationships,

includingusingdigitaltechnologies

substances(ACSSU225)

Literacy



Sedimentary,igneousand

metamorphicrockscontainminerals

andareformedbyprocessesthat

occurwithinEarthoveravarietyof

timescales(ACSSU153)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Energyappearsindifferentforms

includingmovement(kineticenergy),

heatandpotentialenergy,and

causeschangewithinsystems

(ACSSU155)

Literacy


terrestrialresourcemanagement

(ACSHE136)

Literacy


Peopleuseunderstandingandskills

fromacrossthedisciplinesof

scienceintheiroccupations

(ACSHE227)

Literacy


asappropriate(ACSIS144)

Literacy

Numeracy




Summarisedata,fromstudents’own

investigationsandsecondary

sources,andusescientific

understandingtoidentify

relationshipsanddrawconclusions

(ACSIS145)

Literacy

Numeracy


EVALUAT ING

Reflectonthemethodusedto

investigateaquestionorsolvea

problem,includingevaluatingthe

qualityofthedatacollected,and

identifyimprovementstothemethod

(ACSIS146)

Literacy

Numeracy


Usescientificknowledgeand

findingsfrominvestigationsto

evaluateclaims(ACSIS234)

Literacy


COMMUNICAT ING

Communicateideas,findingsand

solutionstoproblemsusingscientific

languageandrepresentationsusing


(ACSIS148)

Literacy




BytheendofYear8,studentscomparephysicalandchemicalchangesandusetheparticlemodeltoexplainandpredict

thepropertiesandbehavioursofsubstances.Theyidentifydifferentformsofenergyanddescribehowenergytransfersand

transformationscausechangeinsimplesystems.Theycompareprocessesofrockformation,includingthetimescales

involved.Theyanalysetherelationshipbetweenstructureandfunctionatcell,organandbodysystemlevels.Students

examinethedifferentscienceknowledgeusedinoccupations.Theyexplainhowevidencehasledtoanimproved

understandingofascientificideaanddescribesituationsinwhichscientistscollaboratedtogeneratesolutionsto

contemporaryproblems.

Studentsidentifyandconstructquestionsandproblemsthattheycaninvestigatescientifically.Theyconsidersafetyand

ethicswhenplanninginvestigations,includingdesigningfieldorexperimentalmethods.Theyidentifyvariablestobe

changed,measuredandcontrolled.Studentsconstructrepresentationsoftheirdatatorevealandanalysepatternsand

trends,andusethesewhenjustifyingtheirconclusions.Theyexplainhowmodificationstomethodscouldimprovethe

qualityoftheirdataandapplytheirownscientificknowledgeandinvestigationfindingstoevaluateclaimsmadebyothers.

Theyuseappropriatelanguageandrepresentationstocommunicatescienceideas,methodsandfindingsinarangeoftext

types.

JudgingStandards

Year9Syllabus

TheScienceInquirySkillsandtheScienceasaHumanEndeavourstrandsaredescribedacrossatwo-yearband.Intheir






BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Multi-cellularorganismsrelyon

coordinatedandinterdependent

internalsystemstorespondto

changestotheirenvironment

(ACSSU175)

Literacy


Ecosystemsconsistofcommunities

ofinterdependentorganismsand

abioticcomponentsofthe

environment;matterandenergyflow

throughthesesystems(ACSSU176)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Allmatterismadeofatomswhich

arecomposedofprotons,neutrons

andelectrons;naturalradioactivity

arisesfromthedecayofnucleiin

atoms(ACSSU177)

Literacy


Chemicalreactionsinvolve

rearrangingatomstoformnew

substances;duringachemical

reactionmassisnotcreatedor



Scientificunderstanding,including

modelsandtheories,arecontestable

andarerefinedovertimethrougha

processofreviewbythescientific

community(ACSHE157)

Literacy


Advancesinscientificunderstanding

oftenrelyondevelopmentsin

technologyandtechnological

advancesareoftenlinkedto

scientificdiscoveries(ACSHE158)

Literacy



Peoplecanusescientificknowledge

toevaluatewhethertheyshould

acceptclaims,explanationsor

predictions(ACSHE160)

Literacy


Advancesinscienceandemerging

sciencesandtechnologiescan

significantlyaffectpeople’slives,



Formulatequestionsorhypotheses

thatcanbeinvestigatedscientifically

(ACSIS164)

Literacy



Plan,selectanduseappropriate

investigationmethods,includingfield

workandlaboratory

experimentation,tocollectreliable

data;assessriskandaddressethical

issuesassociatedwiththese

methods(ACSIS165)

Literacy



Selectanduseappropriate

equipment,includingdigital

technologies,tosystematicallyand

accuratelycollectandrecorddata

(ACSIS166)

Literacy

Numeracy



PROCESSINGANDANALYSING

teacher.


destroyed(ACSSU178)

Literacy


Chemicalreactions,including

combustionandthereactionsof

acids,areimportantinbothnon-

livingandlivingsystemsandinvolve

energytransfer(ACSSU179)

Literacy



Thetheoryofplatetectonicsexplains

globalpatternsofgeologicalactivity

andcontinentalmovement

(ACSSU180)

Literacy

Numeracy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Energytransferthroughdifferent

mediumscanbeexplainedusing

waveandparticlemodels

(ACSSU182)

Literacy


includinggeneratingnewcareer

opportunities(ACSHE161)

Literacy


Thevaluesandneedsof

contemporarysocietycaninfluence

thefocusofscientificresearch

(ACSHE228)

Literacy



DATAANDINFORMAT ION

Analysepatternsandtrendsindata,

includingdescribingrelationships

betweenvariablesandidentifying

inconsistencies(ACSIS169)

Literacy

Numeracy


Useknowledgeofscientificconcepts

todrawconclusionsthatare

consistentwithevidence(ACSIS170)

Literacy


EVALUAT ING

Evaluateconclusions,including

identifyingsourcesofuncertainty

andpossiblealternative

explanations,anddescribespecific

waystoimprovethequalityofthe

data(ACSIS171)

Literacy

Numeracy


Criticallyanalysethevalidityof

informationinsecondarysources

andevaluatetheapproachesused

tosolveproblems(ACSIS172)

Literacy


COMMUNICAT ING

Communicatescientificideasand

informationforaparticularpurpose,

includingconstructingevidence-

basedargumentsandusing

appropriatescientificlanguage,

conventionsandrepresentations

(ACSIS174)

Literacy



BytheendofYear9,studentsexplainchemicalprocessesandnaturalradioactivityintermsofatomsandenergytransfers

anddescribeexamplesofimportantchemicalreactions.Theydescribemodelsofenergytransferandapplythesetoexplain

phenomena.Theyexplainglobalfeaturesandeventsintermsofgeologicalprocessesandtimescales.Theyanalysehow

biologicalsystemsfunctionandrespondtoexternalchangeswithreferencetointerdependencies,energytransfersand

flowsofmatter.Theydescribesocialandtechnologicalfactorsthathaveinfluencedscientificdevelopmentsandpredicthow

futureapplicationsofscienceandtechnologymayaffectpeople’slives.

Studentsdesignquestionsthatcanbeinvestigatedusingarangeofinquiryskills.Theydesignmethodsthatincludethe

controlandaccuratemeasurementofvariablesandsystematiccollectionofdataanddescribehowtheyconsideredethics

andsafety.Theyanalysetrendsindata,identifyrelationshipsbetweenvariablesandrevealinconsistenciesinresults.They

analysetheirmethodsandthequalityoftheirdata,andexplainspecificactionstoimprovethequalityoftheirevidence.They

evaluateothers’methodsandexplanationsfromascientificperspectiveanduseappropriatelanguageandrepresentations

whencommunicatingtheirfindingsandideastospecificaudiences.

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Year10Syllabus




period.Thethreestrandsofthecurriculumareinterrelatedandtheircontentshouldbetaughtinanintegratedway.



BIOLOGICALSCIENCES

Thetransmissionofheritable

characteristicsfromonegeneration

tothenextinvolvesDNAandgenes

(ACSSU184)

Literacy


Thetheoryofevolutionbynatural

selectionexplainsthediversityof

livingthingsandissupportedbya

rangeofscientificevidence

(ACSSU185)

Literacy


CHEMICALSCIENCES

Theatomicstructureandproperties

ofelementsareusedtoorganise

theminthePeriodicTable

(ACSSU186)

Literacy


Differenttypesofchemicalreactions

areusedtoproducearangeof

productsandcanoccuratdifferent

rates(ACSSU187)

Literacy

Numeracy





Scientificunderstanding,including

modelsandtheories,arecontestable

andarerefinedovertimethrougha

processofreviewbythescientific

community(ACSHE191)

Literacy


Advancesinscientificunderstanding

oftenrelyondevelopmentsin

technologyandtechnological

advancesareoftenlinkedto

scientificdiscoveries(ACSHE192)

Literacy



Peoplecanusescientificknowledge

toevaluatewhethertheyshould

acceptclaims,explanationsor

predictions(ACSHE194)

Literacy


Advancesinscienceandemerging

sciencesandtechnologiescan

significantlyaffectpeople’slives,

includinggeneratingnewcareer

opportunities(ACSHE195)

Literacy




Formulatequestionsorhypotheses

thatcanbeinvestigatedscientifically

(ACSIS198)

Literacy



Plan,selectanduseappropriate

investigationmethods,includingfield

workandlaboratory

experimentation,tocollectreliable

data;assessriskandaddressethical

issuesassociatedwiththese

methods(ACSIS199)

Literacy



Selectanduseappropriate

equipment,includingdigital

technologies,tosystematicallyand

accuratelycollectandrecorddata

(ACSIS200)

Literacy

Numeracy




Analysepatternsandtrendsindata,

includingdescribingrelationships

betweenvariablesandidentifying

Theuniversecontainsfeatures

includinggalaxies,starsandsolar

systemsandtheBigBangtheorycan

beusedtoexplaintheoriginofthe

universe(ACSSU188)

Literacy


Globalsystems,includingthecarbon

cycle,relyoninteractionsinvolving

thebiosphere,lithosphere,

hydrosphereandatmosphere

(ACSSU189)

Literacy


PHYSICALSCIENCES

Energyconservationinasystemcan

beexplainedbydescribingenergy

transfersandtransformations

(ACSSU190)

Literacy


Themotionofobjectscanbe

describedandpredictedusingthe

lawsofphysics(ACSSU229)

Literacy


Thevaluesandneedsof

contemporarysocietycaninfluence

thefocusofscientificresearch

(ACSHE230)

Literacy



inconsistencies(ACSIS203)

Literacy

Numeracy


Useknowledgeofscientificconcepts

todrawconclusionsthatare

consistentwithevidence(ACSIS204)

Literacy


EVALUAT ING

Evaluateconclusions,including

identifyingsourcesofuncertainty

andpossiblealternative

explanations,anddescribespecific

waystoimprovethequalityofthe

data(ACSIS205)

Literacy

Numeracy


Criticallyanalysethevalidityof

informationinsecondarysources

andevaluatetheapproachesused

tosolveproblems(ACSIS206)

Literacy


COMMUNICAT ING

Communicatescientificideasand

informationforaparticularpurpose,

includingconstructingevidence-

basedargumentsandusing

appropriatescientificlanguage,

conventionsandrepresentations

(ACSIS208)

Literacy



BytheendofYear10,studentsanalysehowtheperiodictableorganiseselementsanduseittomakepredictionsaboutthe

propertiesofelements.Theyexplainhowchemicalreactionsareusedtoproduceparticularproductsandhowdifferent

factorsinfluencetherateofreactions.Theyexplaintheconceptofenergyconservationandrepresentenergytransferand

transformationwithinsystems.Theyapplyrelationshipsbetweenforce,massandaccelerationtopredictchangesinthe

motionofobjects.StudentsdescribeandanalyseinteractionsandcycleswithinandbetweenEarth’sspheres.Theyevaluate

theevidenceforscientifictheoriesthatexplaintheoriginoftheuniverseandthediversityoflifeonEarth.Theyexplainthe

processesthatunderpinheredityandevolution.Studentsanalysehowthemodelsandtheoriestheyusehavedeveloped

overtimeanddiscussthefactorsthatpromptedtheirreview.

Studentsdevelopquestionsandhypothesesandindependentlydesignandimproveappropriatemethodsofinvestigation,

includingfieldworkandlaboratoryexperimentation.Theyexplainhowtheyhaveconsideredreliability,safety,fairnessand

ethicalactionsintheirmethodsandidentifywheredigitaltechnologiescanbeusedtoenhancethequalityofdata.When

analysingdata,selectingevidenceanddevelopingandjustifyingconclusions,theyidentifyalternativeexplanationsfor

findingsandexplainanysourcesofuncertainty.Studentsevaluatethevalidityandreliabilityofclaimsmadeinsecondary

sourceswithreferencetocurrentlyheldscientificviews,thequalityofthemethodologyandtheevidencecited.They

constructevidence-basedargumentsandselectappropriaterepresentationsandtexttypestocommunicatescienceideas

forspecificpurposes.

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