Year 2 Science Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 2 Science by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.
What Students Should Know
By the end of Year 2 students identify celestial objects and describe patterns they observe in the sky. They demonstrate how different sounds can be produced and describe the effect of sound energy on objects. They identify ways to change materials without changing their material composition. They describe how people use science in their daily lives and how people use patterns to make scientific predictions.
Students pose questions to explore observed patterns or relationships and make predictions based on experience. They suggest steps to be followed in an investigation and follow safe procedures to make and record observations. They use provided tables and organisers to sort and order data and represent patterns in data. With guidance, they compare their observations with those of others, identify whether their investigation was fair and identify further questions. They use everyday and scientific vocabulary to communicate observations, findings and ideas.
Content Descriptors by Strand
This standard is supported by 10 Content Descriptors:
Science as a human endeavour
Use and influence of science
AC9S2H01 describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictionsScience inquiry
Questioning and predicting
AC9S2I01 pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiencesPlanning and conducting
AC9S2I02 suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions AC9S2I03 make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriateProcessing, modelling and analysing
AC9S2I04 sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical modelsEvaluating
AC9S2I05 compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidanceCommunicating
AC9S2I06 write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabularyScience understanding
Earth and space sciences
AC9S2U01 recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the skyPhysical sciences
AC9S2U02 explore different actions to make sounds and how to make a variety of sounds, and recognise that sound energy causes objects to vibrateChemical sciences
AC9S2U03 recognise that materials can be changed physically without changing their material composition and explore the effect of different actions on materials including bending, twisting, stretching and breaking into smaller piecesAt a Glance
| Strand | Substrand | CDs | Elaborations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science as a human endeavour | Use and influence of science | 1 | 9 |
| Science inquiry | Questioning and predicting | 1 | 5 |
| Science inquiry | Planning and conducting | 2 | 9 |
| Science inquiry | Processing, modelling and analysing | 1 | 5 |
| Science inquiry | Evaluating | 1 | 4 |
| Science inquiry | Communicating | 1 | 7 |
| Science understanding | Earth and space sciences | 1 | 10 |
| Science understanding | Physical sciences | 1 | 9 |
| Science understanding | Chemical sciences | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 10 | 63 | |