SCIENCE CURRICULUM SCIENCE Strands three interrelated strands Sub

SCIENCE CURRICULUM

SCIENCE Strands: three interrelated strands. Sub Strands: content descriptions across the year levels that present a sequence of development of students’ knowledge, understanding and skills. Overarching Ideas: represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science.

Refer to the content structure handout as you find the pieces which organise the structure of the Science Australian Curriculum.

• interrelation of the three strands • overarching ideas appropriate for that stage of schooling • overview of content for the year level • Science Understanding • Science as Human Endeavour • Science Inquiry Skills • • knowledge, concepts, skills and processes that teachers are expected to teach and students are expected to learn. symbol tags represent general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities that could be developed through this content • illustrate and exemplify content and assist teachers to develop a common understanding of the content descriptions. They are not intended to be comprehensive content points that all students need to be taught.

SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING • • Biological Sciences Chemical Sciences Earth and Space Sciences Physical Sciences PATTERNS, ORDER & ORGANISATION FORM & FUNCTION STABILITY & CHANGE SCALE & MEASUREMENT MATTER & ENERGY SYSTEMS SCIENCE AS HUMAN ENDEAVOUR • Nature and Development of Science • Use and Influence of Science SCIENCE INQUIRY SKILLS • Questioning and Predicting • Planning and conducting • Processing and Analysing Data and Information • Evaluating • Communicating

SCIENCE Strands: three interrelated strands. Sub Strands: content descriptions across the year levels that present a sequence of development of students’ knowledge, understanding and skills. Overarching Ideas: represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science. STRAND SUB STRANDS OVERARCHING IDEAS STRAND SUB STRANDS