Content Description

1. Science Understanding
2. Science as a Human
Endeavour:

Earth and Space Sciences

Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape(ACSSU019)
Nature and development of science:
Science involves asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE021)

Questioning and Predicting

Planning and Conducting

Respond to and pose

questions, and make
predictions about familiar
objects and events(ACSIS024)

Participate in different types of

guided investigations to explore
and answer questions, such as
manipulating materials, testing
ideas, and accessing information
sources (ACSIS025)

3. Science Inquiry Skills

Processing and Analysing
Evaluating
Data and Information
Compare observations with those of
Through discussion, compare others (ACSIS213)
observations with
predictions (ACSIS212)

4. Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to
produce designed solutions (ACTDEK004).

Communicating
Represent and
communicate observations
and ideas in a variety of
ways such as oral and
written language, drawing
and role play (ACSIS029).

Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Visualise, generate, develop and communicate design ideas
through describing, drawing and modelling (ACTDEP006).
Use materials, components, tools, equipment and
techniques to safely make designed solutions (ACTDEP007).
Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design
ideas, processes and solutions including their care for
environment (ACTDEP008).

General
Capabilities

Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Understand learning
area vocabulary.

Demonstrate concepts
of counting using every
day experiences.

Explain how
located data or
information was
used.

Compose texts.

Display information
using real objects or
photographs and
respond to questions
about the information
displayed.

Understanding how
scientific knowledge is
produced (Explore,
analyse and
communicate).
Compose spoken,
written, visual and
multimodal learning
area texts.

Collection,
representation and
interpretation of data
from investigations.

Collect,
represent and
communicate
scientific
understandings.
Multimedia is
used to
represent
student
understandings.

Critical and creative

thinking
Identify and clarify
information and
ideas.
Posing questions,
making predictions,
speculating, solving
problems and
analysing and
evaluating evidence
to formulate
conclusions.
Develop
understandings
through active
inquiry.

Personal and social

capability
Communicate
effectively.
Working effectively in
teams/groups.
Handling challenging
situations
constructively.
Develop skills in
initiative taking, goal
setting, and decision
making and being able
to work individually
and collaboratively.

Ethical
understanding
Identify and
describe the
influence of
factors such as
wants and needs
on peoples
actions.

Intercultural
understanding
Imagine and
descried their
own feeling if
they were put
in someone
elses place.

Share example of
rights and
responsibilities in
given situations.

Use language to
interact with others.
Scientific language
varies according to the
context.
Cross-curriculum Priorities:
Sustainability

Aboriginal and TSI Histories and Culture

Asia a d Australias E gage e t with Asia

Actions for a more sustainable future reflect values of care,

respect and responsibility, and require us to explore and
understand environments.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have unique

belief systems and are spiritually connected to the land,
sea, sky and water ways.

Interrelationships between humans and the

diverse environments in Asia shape the
region and have global implications.

Australia acknowledges the significant contributions of

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples locally and
globally.